The optical Kerr effect is a well-known phenomenon in which an electric field creates birefringence in a material. Researchers have now demonstrated this effect using single-cycle terahertz pulses — instead of optical pulses — in a variety of liquids.
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Freysz, E., Degert, J. Terahertz Kerr effect. Nature Photon 4, 131–132 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.14
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