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Kerr effect

Known as: Kerr nonlinearity, Kerr Cell, Kerr constant 
The Kerr effect, also called the quadratic electro-optic effect (QEO effect), is a change in the refractive index of a material in response to an… 
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Review
2011
Review
2011
Modeling and Distributed Provisioning in 10–40–100-Gb/s Multirate Wavelength Switched Optical Networks
In wavelength-switched optical networks (WSONs), quality of transmission (QoT) has to be guaranteed during lightpath provisioning… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
EVH black holes, AdS3 throats and EVH/CFT proposal
Within class of generic black holes there are extremal black holes (with vanishing Hawking temperature T) and vanishing horizon… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
The crossover from strong to weak chaos for nonlinear waves in disordered systems
We observe a crossover from strong to weak chaos in the spatiotemporal evolution of multiple-site excitations within disordered… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Linear and Nonlinear Characterizations of Chalcogenide Photonic Crystal Fibers
In this paper, we investigate the linear and nonlinear properties of GeSbS and AsSe chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers. Through… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Anisotropic nonlinear response of silicon in the near-infrared region
We characterize experimentally the anisotropy of two-photon absorption and the Kerr nonlinearity in silicon over a broad spectral… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Ultra-High Nonlinear As$_2$ S$_3$ Planar Waveguide for 160-Gb/s Optical Time-Division Demultiplexing by Four-Wave Mixing
A low loss As2S3 planar waveguide with ultra-high optical Kerr nonlinearity ~2000 W-1 ldr km-1 and only 50-mm length demonstrates… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
New Recording Method Combining Thermo-Magnetic Writing and Flux Detection
We have developed a new perpendicular thermo-magnetic recording method coupled with magnetic flux detection. The resolution is… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Preparation of (In,Mn)As/(Ga,Al)Sb magnetic semiconductor heterostructures and their ferromagnetic characteristics
A series of III‐V‐based magnetic semiconductor heterostructures, p‐type (In,Mn)As/(Ga,Al)Sb, has been grown by molecular beam… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Behavioural aspects of predation by juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) on particulate, drifting prey
Review
1962
Review
1962
Book reviewThe physiological regulation of salivary secretions in man.: A. C. Kerr: International series of monographs on oral biology, no. 1. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1961. 86 pp., 40s
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