Space charges in liquid dielectrics

Abstract

The field distribution in "technical" chlorobenzene between parallel electrodes, and its dynamics after application of the voltage have been studied by means of the electrooptic Kerr effect. Figure 1 represents the optical set up, composed of a light source 1 (mercury lamp or sliding spark), a vertical slit 2, in the focal plane of a collimator 3, an interference filter 4 followed by a polarizer 5 oriented at 45°, the Kerr cell 6, a quarter-wave plate a rotary power compensator 8, an analyzer 9 and finally a photosensitive surface 10.