A MAGNETO-OPTIC EFFECT IN THE X-RAY REGION
Abstract
Euler recognized that there should be some con- nection between light, electricity and magnetism. However, Faraday was the first to find, in 1846, what he called, "a magnetic affection of light." He found that when a light ray passes through material parallel to a magnetic field that the plane of polarization is rotated. Faraday himself expressed his results by stating, "I have at last succeeded in magnetizing and electrifying a ray of light and illumi- nating a magnetic line of force." (Faraday Experimental Researches in Electricity, Vol.3; p.8) He discovered the effect in a special variety of heavy glass which he called a "silicated borate of lead" (loc. cit. p.95).
Degree
Ph.D.
Subject Area
Physics
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