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electro-optic phenomena

  • The science behind static electricity
    In electricity: Electro-optic phenomena

    …can be used to modulate light and make it carry information. A crystal widely used for its Pockels effect is potassium dihydrogen phosphate, which has good optical properties and low dielectric losses even at microwave frequencies.

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