Kerr effect

change in refractive index of a material in response to an applied electric field
Thing phenomenon Q883038
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Kerr effect

Summary

Kerr effect is a phenomenon[1]. It draws 316 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #73 of 290).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kerr effect is credited with the discovery of John Kerr[3].
  • Kerr effect's instance of is recorded as phenomenon[4].
  • Kerr effect's instance of is recorded as electricity[5].
  • Kerr effect's GND ID is recorded as 4163649-1[6].
  • Kerr effect's subclass of is recorded as electro-optic effect[7].
  • +1875-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kerr effect[8].
  • Kerr effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/030mwr[9].
  • Kerr effect's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • Kerr effect's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2061749[11].
  • Kerr effect's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as kerr-effect[12].
  • Kerr effect's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as kerreffekt[13].
  • Kerr effect's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "KerrEffect"][14].
  • Kerr effect's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].
  • Kerr effect's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 176672444[16].
  • Kerr effect's Lex ID is recorded as Kerr-effekt[17].
  • Kerr effect's IEV number is recorded as 121-12-95[18].
  • Kerr effect's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2988778218[19].
  • Kerr effect's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C176672485[20].

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Works and Contributions

Kerr effect is credited with the discovery of John Kerr[3].

Why It Matters

Kerr effect draws 316 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #73 of 290).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . pwein.at. pwein.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Kerr effect. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/kerr-effect
MLA “Kerr effect.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/kerr-effect.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kerr-effect_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Kerr effect}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kerr-effect}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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