An adapted Michelson interferometric technique was used to measure strain induced birefringence in perspex. The birefringence was then used to determine the Kerr constant in perspex. The result obtained is compared to a colarimetric result and is shown to be a more sophisticated and reliable method.
Reference:
Govender, P and Couling, VW. 2010. Interferometric method to determine the Kerr constant of perspex and ZnSe. 55th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP), CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, 27 September-1 October 2010, pp 1
Govender, P., & Couling, V. (2010). Interferometric method to determine the Kerr constant of perspex and ZnSe. SAIP 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4681
Govender, P, and VW Couling. "Interferometric method to determine the Kerr constant of perspex and ZnSe." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4681
Govender P, Couling V, Interferometric method to determine the Kerr constant of perspex and ZnSe; SAIP 2010; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4681 .
