# Pockels effect

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An effect that changes or produces birefringence in an optical medium induced by electric field.

## Etymology
Named after Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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