An apparatus for the measurement of the optical Kerr effect in liquid samples is described. Previously, observations of this effect have used powerful, pulsed lasers as the orienting light field. The authors show how more accurate, reproducible results could be obtained with continuous-wave lasers and how the inherent problems of thermal defocusing effects can be overcome.
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