Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A · 1955 · 236 citations · 6 references
Natural SciencesChemistryPhysicsMolecular PhysicsPhysical ChemistryThermodynamicsAtomic PolarizabilityMolecular SymmetryMolecular ThermodynamicsElectric Dipole PolarizabilityKerr EffectKerr NonlinearityMagnetic Field StrengthMolecular PolarityMolecular PolarizabilityOptical PolarizabilityStrong-field Regime
A theoretical expression is derived for the Kerr constant of a gas at low pressures using a general expression for the energy of a molecule in a strong electric field. It is shown that the temperature independent part is closely related to the change of molecular polarizability with field strength. For spherically symmetric systems, the measured Kerr constant can be used to find the magnitude of this hyperpolarizability.
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On the Polarizability of the Hydrogen Molecule
Eiichi Ishiguro, Tadashi Arai, Masataka Mizushima et al. · Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A · 1952 · 99 citations
Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Physics +14