alternating-current Kerr effect
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alternating-current Kerr effect
(¦öl·tər′nād·iŋ ¦kər·ənt ′kər i′fekt)
(optics) Birefringence of light passing through a crystal that is simultaneously pumped with an intense laser beam.
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