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218 5 electromagnetic effects<br />

TA B L E 17 (Continued) Selected matter properties related to electromagnetism.<br />

Property Example Definition<br />

magneto-opticalactivityor<br />

Faradayeffect orFaraday<br />

rotation<br />

magneticcircular<br />

dichroism<br />

flintglass<br />

gases<br />

polarizationangleisrotated withmagnetic<br />

field;differentrefractionindexforright<br />

andleft circularly polarized light,asin<br />

magneto-optic(MO)recording<br />

differentabsorptionforright-and<br />

left-circularly polarized light;essentially<br />

thesameasthepreviousone<br />

Majoranaeffect colloids specificmagneto-opticeffect<br />

photoelectromagnetic<br />

effect<br />

InSb currentflowduetolightirradiationof<br />

semiconductorinamagneticfield<br />

inverseFaradayeffect GdFeCo switchofmagnetisationbyafemtosecond<br />

laserpulse<br />

Voigteffect vapours birefringenceinducedbyappliedmagnetic<br />

field<br />

Cotton–Moutoneffect liquids birefringenceinducedbyappliedmagnetic<br />

field<br />

Shubnikov–deHaaseffect Bi periodicchangeofresistancewithapplied<br />

magneticfield<br />

thermomagneticeffects:<br />

Ettingshauseneffect,<br />

Righi–Leduceffect, Nernst<br />

effect,magneto–Seebeck<br />

effect<br />

BiSballoys<br />

relationbetweentemperature,applied<br />

fieldsandelectric current<br />

photonicHalleffect CeF 3 transverselightintensitydependsonthe<br />

appliedmagneticfield Ref. 186<br />

magnetocaloric effect gadolinium,GdSiGe<br />

alloys<br />

materialcoolswhenmagneticfield is<br />

switchedoff Ref. 187<br />

cyclotronresonance semiconductors,<br />

metals<br />

selectiveabsorptionofradiowavesin<br />

magneticfields<br />

magnetoacousticeffect<br />

magneticresonance(many<br />

types)<br />

magnetorheologiceffect<br />

Meissnereffect<br />

Interactionswithelectricfields<br />

semiconductors,<br />

metals<br />

mostmaterials,used<br />

forimagingin<br />

medicineforstructure<br />

determinationof<br />

molecules<br />

liquids,usedin<br />

advanced car<br />

suspensions<br />

type1<br />

superconductors,used<br />

forlevitation<br />

selectiveabsorptionofsoundwavesin<br />

magneticfields<br />

selectiveabsorptionofradiowavesin<br />

magneticfields;includesNMR,EPR,etc.<br />

changeofviscositywithappliedmagnetic<br />

fields<br />

expulsionofmagneticfieldfrom<br />

superconductors<br />

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