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We have produced a phase modulation of a matter wave by applying a time-dependent perturbation. In the present study, the perturbation is the Stark effect produced by an electric field and, as this effect is quadratic in the applied field, this is the atom optics equivalent of the Kerr effect. In the present paper, we first develop an exact theory of phase modulation and we find results in agreement...