electro-optics
noun
the branch of physics dealing with the effects of electrical fields on optical phenomena, as in the Kerr effect.
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U.S. scientists enlarged the boundaries of knowledge in nuclear physics, biophysics, particle physics, biochemistry and electrooptics, among other fields.
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