Observation of Magnetoelectric Linear Birefringence

T. Roth; G. L. J. A. Rikken

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.063001

Observation of Magnetoelectric Linear Birefringence

T. Roth and G. L. J. A. Rikken

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 063001 – Published 24 January 2002

Abstract

We report the first experimental observation of optical linear birefringence induced in molecular liquids by crossed electric and magnetic fields perpendicular to the direction of light propagation. The optical axes coincide with the external fields, and the strength is bilinear in the electric and magnetic fields.

Received 3 October 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.063001

Authors & Affiliations

T. Roth^1,2,* and G. L. J. A. Rikken¹

¹Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Max Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung/CNRS, BP 166, F-38042 Grenoble, France
²Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany