Faraday effect

American  

noun

1. the rotation of the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light as the light passes through certain isotropic media in the direction of a strong magnetic field in which the medium is placed.

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Faraday effect Scientific  

1. The rotation of the plane of polarization of polarized light when subject to a magnetic field parallel to the direction in which the light is propagating.

2. Also called Faraday rotation

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Etymology

Origin of Faraday effect

First recorded in 1885–90; named after M. Faraday

Example Sentences

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found that the magnetic component of light plays a direct part in the Faraday Effect, overturning a 180-year belief that only light's electric field was involved.

From Science Daily

This result contradicts a scientific explanation that has shaped the understanding of the Faraday Effect since the nineteenth century.

From Science Daily

The study, led by Dr. Amir Capua and Benjamin Assouline of the university's Institute of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, offers the first theoretical evidence that the oscillating magnetic field of light contributes directly to the Faraday Effect.

From Science Daily

For nearly two centuries, scientists attributed the Faraday Effect solely to the electric field of light interacting with electric charges in matter.

From Science Daily

And just as in the case of element 87, Allison claimed to have found the new element using his own magneto-optical method, involving a time delay in the Faraday effect, which is to say the rotation  of plane polarized light carried out by the application of a magnetic field to any particular solution of a substance.

From Scientific American