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THE discovery of the rotation of the plane of polarization of light in a magnetic field by Faraday in 1846 led to the interpretation of light as propagating electromagnetic radiation. The Faraday effect has since been the subject of numerous investigations which led to practical applications in plasma diagnostics with microwaves and most recently with lasers. However, it has remained the only effect of magnetic fields on light which received much attention until the advent of modern quantum electrodynamics.
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OERTEL, G. Photons in Magnetic Fields. Nature 202, 684–685 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202684a0
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