Pockels effect

noun

An effect that changes or produces birefringence in an optical medium induced by electric field.

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Meanings

nounPockels effect (plural Pockels effects)

plural Pockels effects

  1. An effect that changes or produces birefringence in an optical medium induced by electric field.

Origin

Named after Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels.

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Pockels effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pockels%20effect

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pockels effect,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pockels%20effect.

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