Voigt effect

noun

Voigt effect

noun

Etymology Named after German scientist Woldemar Voigt who discovered the effect.

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Engineering, Natural sciences, Optics, Physical sciences, Physics A magneto-optical phenomenon which rotates and elliptizes linearly polarised light sent into an optically active medium.

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