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. 2017 May 25;8:15796. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15796

Erratum: Transient birefringence of liquids induced by terahertz electric-field torque on permanent molecular dipoles

Mohsen Sajadi, Martin Wolf, Tobias Kampfrath
PMCID: PMC5458497  PMID: 28541272

Nature Communications 8: Article number: 14963; DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14963 (2017); Published: April 10 2017; Updated: May 25 2017

This Article contains typographical errors in six instances in which the convolution symbol Inline graphic was mistakenly omitted from six equations during the production stage. Each instance is described below.

The penultimate sentence of the first paragraph of the Results subsection titled ‘Model' should read:

‘Therefore, Δf1 does not yet cause optical birefringence but is accompanied by a time-dependent dielectric polarization Inline graphic.'

The correct form of equation (3) is:

graphic file with name ncomms15796-m2.jpg

In the second paragraph after equation (3), the first sentence should read:

‘Note that equation (3) reveals an analogy of the μind- and μ0-related coupling mechanisms: the first field interaction generates an effective electronic (NΔαE) and orientational polarization (Inline graphic) which, in turn, serves as a handle for the second field interaction to generate a P2-like perturbation (square bracket in equation (3)).'

In the paragraph preceding equation (11), the second sentence should read:

‘This polarization is usually expressed by the convolution Inline graphic where Inline graphic is the contribution of the permanent electric dipole moment μ0 to the familiar total dielectric susceptibility χ.'

The correct form of equation (11) is:

graphic file with name ncomms15796-m6.jpg

The correct form of equation (12) is:

graphic file with name ncomms15796-m7.jpg

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