FARADAY EFFECT Definition & Meaning

Faraday effect

noun

the rotation of the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light as the light passes through certain isotropic media in the direction of a strong magnetic field in which the medium is placed.

Faraday effect

The rotation of the plane of polarization of polarized light when subject to a magnetic field parallel to the direction in which the light is propagating.
Also called Faraday rotation

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Faraday effect¹

First recorded in 1885–90; named after M. Faraday

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And just as in the case of element 87, Allison claimed to have found the new element using his own magneto-optical method, involving a time delay in the Faraday effect, which is to say the rotation of plane polarized light carried out by the application of a magnetic field to any particular solution of a substance.

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