# Kerr effect

> change in refractive index of a material in response to an applied electric field

**Wikidata**: [Q883038](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q883038)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr_effect)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/kerr-effect


## References

1. [Source](http://www.pwein.at/physics/Lectures/Famous-Papers/PML-2008.pdf)
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)