Kerr effect
/kɜː(r)/noun
mass noun Physics【物理】
1
- the rotation of the plane of polarization of light when reflected from a magnetized surface磁光克尔效应。
2
- the production of double refraction in a substance by an electric field电光克尔效应。
词源
early 20th cent.: named after John Kerr （1824-1907）, the Scottish physicist who studied these effects.