- In optics, the
Pockels effect, or
Pockels electro-optic effect, is a directionally-dependent
linear variation in the
refractive index of an
optical medium...
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these studies,
Pockels defined the "
Pockels Point"
which is the
minimum area that a
single molecule can
occupy in
monomolecular films.
Pockels was an autodidact...
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Friedrich Carl
Alwin Pockels (18 June 1865 – 29
August 1913) was a
German physicist. He was born in
Italy to
Captain Theodore Pockels and
Alwine Becker....
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square of the
electric field, and the
material is
usually a liquid. In a
Pockels cell, the
change in
birefringence varies linearly with the
electric field...
- the much
stronger Pockels effect. The Kerr
effect is
still present, however, and in many
cases can be
detected independently of
Pockels effect contributions...
- a
change in
colour b)
change of the
refractive index and
permittivity Pockels effect (or
linear electro-optic effect):
change in the
refractive index...
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index of
refraction depends linearly on the
field (for
crystals where Pockels effect dominates), and the
phase depends linearly on the
index of refraction...
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explored by
figures such as
Benjamin Franklin, Lord Rayleigh, and
Agnes Pockels,
collectively deepening the
scientific knowledge of
surface tension and...
- so-called
boxcar switching of a
Pockels cell. Four Marx
generators are used, each of the two
electrodes of the
Pockels cell
being connected to a positive...
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properties such as birefringency, or electro-optical
features such as the
Pockels effect. The
point groups are
named according to
their component symmetries...
