Usually means: Electric field alters refractive index.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Kerr effect)

▸ noun:  (physics) Birefringence of a material induced by an electric field due to partial orientation of its molecules.

Similar:
Kerr cell, Pockels effect, photoelasticity, birefringence, Bridgman effect, photoferroelectric effect, fringing, photodichroism, Biefeld-Brown effect, electrorheology, more...

Opposite:
Faraday effect, Zeemeffect

Phrases:
Magneto-optic Kerr effect, more...

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Similar:
Kerr cell, Pockels effect, photoelasticity, birefringence, Bridgman effect, photoferroelectric effect, fringing, photodichroism, Biefeld-Brown effect, electrorheology, more...

Opposite:
Faraday effect, Zeemeffect

Phrases:
Magneto-optic Kerr effect, more...



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