Introduction to the Theory of the Raman Effect / Edition 1

by J.A. Koningstein

Overview

TO THE THEORY OF THE RAMAN EFFECT by J. A. KONINGSTEIN Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT-HOLLAND Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-77876 ISBN-13: 978-90-277-0276-0 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-010-2901-8 001: 10. 1007/978-94-010-2901-8 All Rights Reserved Copyright © 1972 by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland Softcover reprint of the hardcover I st edition 1972 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher to M. G. INTRODUCTION This book is written particularly for chemists. Being one myself, I have on several occasions tried to find a book where the theory of molecular Raman spectroscopy is treated, and not being able to find one which satisfactorily answered the questions I wanted to see answered, I decided to try to write a book on it myself. Back in the middle fifties I was shown a Raman spectrum for the first time: some faint lines on a photographic plate. In the fall of 1971, during a visit to Moscow, I vividly remembered that spectrum when the son of Mandel'shtam showed me the first spectrum taken in Russia by his father and Landsberg in 1928. The spectrum of quartz photographed during January and February of that year showed the presence of some faint new lines and in later exposures these lines became stronger and stronger.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789027702340
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/30/1972
Edition description:	1972
Pages:	166
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

I. Interaction of Light and Matter, The Raman Scattering Tensor.- I-1. Electromagnetic Radiation of an Oscillating Dipole.- I-2. Higher Order Moments: Quadrupoles and Magnetic Dipoles.- I-3. Spectroscopic Transitions.- I-4. Classical Considerations of the Radiation Field and Quantum Mechanical Calculation of the Induced Dipole Moment, the Correspondence Principle.- I-5. Formulation of the Scattering Tensor.- I-6. Symmetry of the Scattering Tensors.- II. Properties of Tensors.- II-1. Vectors and Dyadics.- II-2. Scattering Tensors and Radiation from Classical Oscillators.- II-3. Rotation of Tensors.- II-4. Specific Rotation of Symmetric and Antisymmetric Tensors.- III. Some Aspects of Group Theory.- III-1. Symmetry Elements.- III-2. Definition Properties of Point, Space and Factor Groups.- III-3. Representations of Groups.- III-4. Transformation Properties of the Scattering Tensor.- III-5. Irreducible Tensors and Their Transformation Properties.- III-6. The Scattering Operator.- IV. The Normal Raman Effect.- IV-1. Theory of the Electronic Raman Effect.- IV-2. Electronic Levels and Selection Rules.- IV-3. Normal Modes, Normal Coordinates and Vibrational Wave Functions.- IV-4. Theory of the Vibrational Raman Effect.- IV-5. The Case of Degenerate Electronic States.- IV-6. Rotational Levels and Wave Functions.- IV-7. The Rotational Raman Effect.- IV-8. Depolarization Ratios.- V. Other Scattering Processes.- V-l. The Hyper Raman Effect.- V-2. The Stimulated Raman Effect.- V-3. Induced Absorption: The Inverse Raman Effect.- V-4. The Resonance Raman Effect.- Appendix I. Properties of Representations of Some Important Point Groups.