Abstract
The electro-optical Kerr constant of water-dioxane and water-acetone systems have been measured at 632.8 nm over their complete concentration ranges, using 2μs electric field pulses of magnitude 7 × 106Vm-1. The variation of the molar Kerr constant with the concentration of water shows a marked pattern near 0.3 mole fraction in dioxane and a broad inflexion point, centred about 0.5 mole fraction for acetone. The results are correlated with the formation of hemihydrate and dihydroxy structures in water-dioxane and water-acetone mixtures, respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 88-90 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Communications |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Oct 1978 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are grateful to the Science Research Countil for financial support via a research grant. In addition, RKK wishes to thank the S.R.C. for the Postdoctoral Fellowship and ED, the University of Wales for a Research Studentship.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering