Temperature Dependence of Kerr Constant for Water at 658 Nm and for Pulsed Intense Electric Fields

Bucur Mircea Novac (1) , R. Ruscassie (2) , Meng Wang (3) , Antoine Silvestre de Ferron (2) , Laurent Pecastaing (2) , Pascal Pignolet (2) , Ivor R. Smith , Jiahui Yin

1 Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering [Loughborough]
2 SIAME - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Ingénieur Appliquées à la Mécanique et au génie Electrique
3 Department of Physics [Berkeley]

The temperature dependence of the Kerr constant for water has been determined over the range 19 °C-45 °C at a wavelength of 658 nm. This paper presents the experimental arrangement used for this purpose and the data obtained, for which a polynomial fit is provided. A formula is also suggested to help estimate the variation of the Kerr constant for water with both temperature and wavelength. \textcopyright 2016 IEEE.

Domaines: Physique [physics]

Bucur Mircea Novac, R. Ruscassie, Meng Wang, Antoine Silvestre de Ferron, Laurent Pecastaing, et al.. Temperature Dependence of Kerr Constant for Water at 658 Nm and for Pulsed Intense Electric Fields. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2016, 44 (6), pp.963-967. ⟨10.1109/TPS.2016.2558470⟩. ⟨hal-02153683⟩