THE COTTON-MOUTON EFFECT IN GASES - EXPERIMENT AND THEORY

Authors
RIZZO C RIZZO A BISHOP DM
Citation
C. Rizzo et al., THE COTTON-MOUTON EFFECT IN GASES - EXPERIMENT AND THEORY, International reviews in physical chemistry, 16(1), 1997, pp. 81-111
Citations number
151
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
International reviews in physical chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0144235X
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
81 - 111
Database
ISI
SICI code
0144-235X(1997)16:1<81:TCEIG->2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
When polarized light passes through a material in the presence of a st rong magnetic field, birefringence is observed. This is known as the C otton-Mouton effect. Owing to the increasing sophistication of both ex perimental and computational techniques, this particular aspect of mag neto-optics has been investigated increasingly in the last few years. In this review the basic facts concerning both experiment and theory a re discussed and tables summarizing all currently known gas-phase data are presented.