Kerr rotation effect

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• Kerr metric — In general relativity, the Kerr metric (or Kerr vacuum) describes the geometry of spacetime around a rotating massive body. According to this metric, such rotating bodies should exhibit frame dragging, an unusual prediction of general relativity; …   Wikipedia

• Kerr effect — /ˈkɜr əfɛkt/ (say kerr uhfekt) noun the rotation of the plane of polarisation of light when it is passed through certain liquids or solids to which an electric field is applied (electro optical effect), or to which a magnetic field is applied… …  

• kerr effect — noun Usage: usually capitalized K Etymology: after John Kerr 1. : the production of double refraction in various dielectrics when placed in a strong electric field 2. : the rotation of the plane of polarization when plane polarized light is… …   Useful english dictionary

• Kerr Effect —    A change in rotation of light reflected off a magnetic field. The polarity of a magneto optic bit causes the laser to shift one degree clockwise or counterclockwise …   IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations

• Magneto-optic effect — A magneto optic effect is any one of a number of phenomena in which an electromagnetic wave propagates through a medium that has been altered by the presence of a quasistatic magnetic field. In such a material, which is also called gyrotropic or… …   Wikipedia

• Magneto-optic Kerr effect — (MOKE) is one of the magneto optic effects. It describes the changes of light reflected from magnetized media. Several grains of NdFeB with magnetic domains made visible via contrast with a Kerr microscope. Contents …   Wikipedia

• Faraday effect — In physics, the Faraday effect or Faraday rotation is a magneto optical phenomenon, or an interaction between light and a magnetic field in a dielectric material. The rotation of the plane of polarization is proportional to the intensity of the… …   Wikipedia

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• Pockels effect — The Pockels effect, or Pockels electro optic effect, produces birefringence in an optical medium induced by a constant or varying electric field. It is distinguished from the Kerr effect by the fact that the birefringence is proportional to the… …   Wikipedia

• Spin Hall effect — The Spin Hall Effect (SHE) is a transport phenomenon predicted by the Russian physicists M.I. Dyakonov and V.I. Perel in 1971 [1,2] . It consist of an appearance of spin accumulation on the latteral surfaces of a current carrying sample, the… …   Wikipedia

• Frank John Kerr — (January 8, 1918 September 15, 2000) was an Australian astronomer and physicist who made contributions to human understanding of the galactic structure of the Milky Way. Born in St Albans to Australian parents, Kerr returned with his family to… …   Wikipedia