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Kerr Effect in Polymers

Nature volume 227, page 834 (1970)Cite this article

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RECENT observations on bulk samples of polystyrene and polymethyl methacrylate have shown the existence of a Kerr-type electro-optic effect in these materials, the application of an electric field to the sample giving rise to a change in optical refractive index which is proportional to the square of the applied field, for light polarized normally to the applied field.

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PURSEY, H. Kerr Effect in Polymers. Nature 227, 834 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227834a0

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