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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: magneto-optic effect
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Definition: a change in the optical characteristics of a material under the influence of a magnetic field

NOTE 1 – Magneto-optic materials generally are used to rotate the polarization of a linearly polarized wave.

NOTE 2 – The most common effect results in a change in refractive index.


Publication date:1991-10
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Internal notes:2016-01-06: Spelling of "polarisation" (6 hits) harmonized to "polarization" (146 hits) and "polarised" (3 hits) to "polarized" (47 hits). JGO
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