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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KERR EFFECT

Named after John Kerr (1824–1907), Scottish physicist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KERR EFFECT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KERR EFFECT

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WHAT DOES KERR EFFECT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kerr effect

The Kerr effect, also called the quadratic electro-optic effect, is a change in the refractive index of a material in response to an applied electric field. The Kerr effect is distinct from the Pockels effect in that the induced index change is directly proportional to the square of the electric field instead of varying linearly with it. All materials show a Kerr effect, but certain liquids display it more strongly than others. The Kerr effect was discovered in 1875 by John Kerr, a Scottish physicist. Two special cases of the Kerr effect are normally considered, these being the Kerr electro-optic effect, or DC Kerr effect, and the optical Kerr effect, or AC Kerr effect.

Definition of Kerr effect in the English dictionary

The definition of Kerr effect in the dictionary is Also called: electro-optical effect. the production of double refraction in certain transparent substances by the application of a strong electric field. Other definition of Kerr effect is Also called: magneto-optical effect. a slight elliptical polarization of plane polarized light when reflected from one of the poles of a strong magnet.

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Translator English - Chinese

克尔效应
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Translator English - Spanish

efecto Kerr
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Kerr effect
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Translator English - Hindi

केर प्रभाव
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Translator English - Arabic

كير تأثير
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Translator English - Russian

эффект Керра
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efeito Kerr
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Translator English - Bengali

কেয়ার প্রভাব
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effet Kerr
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Kesan Kerr
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Kerr-Effekt
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Translator English - Japanese

カー効果
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Translator English - Korean

커 효과
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Kerr efek
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hiệu ứng Kerr
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கெர் விளைவு
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Translator English - Marathi

केर प्रभाव
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Translator English - Turkish

Kerr efekti
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Translator English - Italian

effetto Kerr
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Translator English - Polish

efekt Kerra
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Translator English - Ukrainian

ефект Керра
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efect Kerr
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Kerr αποτέλεσμα
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Kerr effek
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Kerr-effekt
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Kerr effekten
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KERR EFFECT»

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Classical Optics and Its Applications
'~3 The physical mechanism of the Kerr effect is identical to that of the Faraday effect and, in fact, the same theoretical model can be used to describe both phenomena, one in reflection, the other in transmission (see chapter 10, "The Faraday ...
Masud Mansuripur, 2002
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Fundamentals of Optical Waveguides
The optical Kerr effect is the phenomenon in which the refractive index of the medium changes when the electron orbit is deformed by the strong electric field [ 3]. The refractive index under the Kerr effect is expressed as n0 +n 2E 2, where n0 ...
Katsunari Okamoto, 2010
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Modern Magnetooptics and Magnetooptical Materials
1.4 The magnetooptical Kerr effect (MOKE) Optical anisotropy of a magnetized medium manifests itself also in the reflection of light from its surface. Phenomena arising here are generally referred to as the magnetooptical Kerr effect. It consists  ...
A.K Zvezdin, V.A Kotov, 1997
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Quantum Information with Continuous Variables of Atoms and Light
Polarization Squeezing via Kerr Effect 3.1. The optical Kerr effect The optical Kerr effect is a special case of four wave mixing, a nonlinear process in which four unique modes can be coupled. This phenomenon has been incorporated into a ...
N. J. Cerf, Gerd Leuchs, E. S. Polzik, 2007
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Concise Encyclopedia of Magnetic and Superconducting Materials
Summary An outline has been given of the means by which the normal incidence polar Kerr effect can be enhanced to improve the sensitivity with which it may be detected. The method relies on the use of three- or four-layer systems that ...
K.H.J. Buschow, 2005
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Introduction to Optics
The difference between the values of the principal indices is proportional to the square of the field with a formula quite similar to the Kerr effect: (5.30) n n CH C B 1 2 2 2 0 - = = l lm. For organic materials such as mono-nitrobenzene, the ...
Germain Chartier, 2005
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Optical Semiconductor Devices
5.1.1 Electrooptic Effect (Pockels Effect and Kerr Effect) When a static electric held or an alternating electric field that has frequency much lower than the light frequency is applied to semiconductors and dielectric substances, their refractive  ...
Mitsuo Fukuda, 1999
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Magnetism
The emerging wave will actually be elliptical. The polar Kerr effect can be qualitatively understood in at least two ways. Consider the situation of normal incidence, with magnetization perpendicular to the surface. The first approach, close to the ...
Étienne Du Trémolet de Lacheisserie, Damien Gignoux, Michel Schlenker, 2005
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Optical Coherence Tomography: Principles and Applications
The Kerr effect is based on the fact that optically transparent substances, typically nitrobenzene or carbon disulfide, become birefringent when placed in an electric field. The crystals are symmetrical and invariant under field reversal. Therefore ...
Mark E. Brezinski, 2006
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Nonlinear Optics
The optical Kerr effect ( = quadratic electro-optic effect) is quite analogous to the Pockels effect (see Section 3.1): We use a field in order to induce optical anisotropy (birefringence) in an isotropic material or to change the anisotropy in an ...
E. G. Sauter, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KERR EFFECT»

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Recent advances in ultrafast semiconductor disk lasers
Exploring ultrafast negative Kerr effect for mode-locking vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Opt Express 2013; 21: 28801–28808. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Researchers smash the fiber optic long-distance record
Engineers at UC San Diego overcame the Kerr Effect, eliminating ... it is even sent, so the receiver is free of crosstalk caused by the Kerr effect. «TechRepublic, Jul 15»
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Laser cutting, drilling, and structuring of brittle materials
First, the spatial intensity profile of the laser pulse acts as a focusing lens due to the nonlinear optical Kerr effect, causing self-focusing of the ... «Industrial Laser Solutions Magazine, Jul 15»
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Engineers Nullify Kerr Effect in Fiber Networks, Break 'Capacity Limit …
This degradation in signal quality due to increased load is called Kerr effect that necessitates the use of signal repeaters when the data is ... «Maine News Online, Jun 15»
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Breaking Power and Distance Barriers for Fiber Optic Communication
“Our approach conditions the information before it is even sent, so the receiver is free of crosstalk caused by the Kerr effect.” The photonics ... «I-Connect007, Jun 15»
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Silicon photonics: Will the hare finally catch the tortoise?
... and the kerr effect—nicely behaving optical channels are made by depositing polymer waveguides onto the silicon that includes the laser, ... «EDN.com, Jun 15»
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Nano-cartography: knowing where to look
Their instrument also features a magneto-optic Kerr effect mode so that, once the point of maximum strain has been located, strain-induced ... «nanotechweb.org, Jun 15»
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Extraordinary acoustic Raman: listening to single nanoparticles
... from material vibrations, such as Brillouin scattering, Raman scattering, and ultrafast pump-probe methods (including the optical Kerr effect). «SPIE Newsroom, May 15»
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Magnetic Nanoparticle Arrays Combine Plasmonics And Magneto …
The surface lattice resonances enhance the light polarization change in ferromagnetic materials, the so-called magneto-optical Kerr effect. «Tech Fragments, May 15»
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Plasmonic Breakthrough Could Lead To More Sensitive Optical …
... and the surface lattice resonances boost light polarization change in ferromagnetic materials in what is called the "magneto-optical Kerr effect ... «Headlines & Global News, May 15»

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