• Experiment Topics:
• Pockels effect (linear electro-optic effect)
• Photorefractive crystal with no inversion centre
• Occurrence and modification of double refraction in external electric fields
• Half-wave voltage
• Modulation of refractive index
• Advantage:
• With accurate, free-moving and smooth angle adjustment
• Error 2023

Transverse Pockels cell for demonstrating linear electro-optic effect and measuring half-wave voltage of a lithium niobate crystal. With accurate, free-moving and smooth angle adjustment for demonstrating double refraction in conjunction with a polarisation filter used as an analyser.