electro-optic effect

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• Electro-optic effect — An electro optic effect is a change in the optical properties of a material in response to an electric field that varies slowly compared with the frequency of light. The term encompasses a number of distinct phenomena, which can be subdivided… …   Wikipedia

• Electro-optic modulator — (EOM) is an optical device in which a signal controlled element displaying electro optic effect is used to modulate a beam of light. The modulation may be imposed on the phase, frequency, amplitude, or direction of the modulated beam. Modulation… …   Wikipedia

• electro-optic — adjective or electro optical 1. a. : relating to or being a change in the refractive index of a material due to an electric field electro optic effect b. : using or being a material that exhibits electro optic properties an electro optic crystal …   Useful english dictionary

• Kerr electro-optic effect — ▪ physics       in physics, the inducement of double refraction of light in a transparent substance when a strong electric field is applied in a direction transverse to the beam of light. In double refraction, the index of refraction (a measure… …   Universalium

• Electro-optics — is a branch of technology involving components, devices and systems which operate by modification of the optical properties of a material by an electric field. Thus it concerns the interaction between the electromagnetic (optical) and the… …   Wikipedia

• Électro-optique — Effet électro optique Un effet électro optique correspond à une modification de la propagation d une onde électromagnétique dans un matériau. Cette modification est due à la présence d un champ électrique quasi statique. Ce terme couvre un… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Electro-gyration — The electrogyration effect is the spatial dispersion phenomenon, that consists in the change of optical activity (gyration) of crystals by a constant or time varying electric field. Being a spatial dispersion effect, the induced optical activity… …   Wikipedia

• electro-optical — adjective see electro optic * * * electro opˈtic or electro opˈtical adjective (electro optical effect see ↑Kerr effect) • • • Main Entry: ↑electro …   Useful english dictionary

• electro-optical — or electro optic adjective Date: 1879 1. of or relating to electro optics 2. a. relating to or being a change in the refractive index of a material due to an electric field < electro optical effect > b. using or being a material that exhibits… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• electro-optics — plural noun [treated as sing.] the branch of science concerned with the effect of electric fields on light and optics. Derivatives electro optic adjective electro optical adjective …   English new terms dictionary

• Kerr effect — This article is about the Kerr nonlinear optical effect. For the magneto optic phenomenon of the same name, see magneto optic Kerr effect. The Kerr effect, also called the quadratic electro optic effect (QEO effect), is a change in the refractive …   Wikipedia