magneto-optic effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The property changes (i.e. polarization, spectrum, phase, intensity) in an electromagnetic wave when it propagates through a medium that has been altered by the presence of a quasistatic magnetic field.

Word forms

magneto-optic effect magneto-optic effects
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