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16 October 1998Pockels effect in a chiral nonlinear optical crystal
The Pockels coefficient of the chiral nonlinear optical crystal was measured in a longitudinal electro-optic configuration. The presence of the optical activity (the linear optical property) in a chiral system facilitates the measurement of the Pockels coefficients (related to the second order nonlinear optical property) with a low modulation voltage, important in the practical applications.