Description This book originated out of a desire to combine topics on vibrational absorption, Raman scattering, vibrational circular dichroism (VCD)
and Raman optical activity (VROA) into one source. The theoretical details of these processes are presented in ten different chapters.
Using dispersive and Fourier transform techniques, the instrumentation involved in these spectral measurements are given in three chapters.
Major emphasis is placed on the newer techniques, i.e. VCD and VROA, with the conventional vibrational absorption and vibrational Raman
scattering methods incorporated as natural parts of the newer methods.
Features of this book:
• Comprehensive coverage
of vibrational circular dichroism and vibrational Raman optical activity.
• Coverage of theoretical and instrumental details.
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A comprehensive survey of VCD and VROA applications is included, so that the reader can get an overview of theory, instrumentation and
applications in one source.
The topics covered are of an advanced level, which makes this book invaluable for graduate students and
practising scientists in vibrational spectroscopy.
Contents
Introduction. Quantum Theoretical Techniques. Interaction with electric field. Time independent perturbation theory. Time dependent
perturbation theory. Transition rates. Spectral intensities. Transition polarizabilities.
Diatomic Molecules. Vibrational equation.
Energy levels of harmonic oscillator. Energy levels of anharmonic oscillator. Energy levels of Morse oscillator. Electric dipole transition
moments of harmonic oscillator. Electric dipole transition moments of anharmonic oscillator. Electric dipole transition moments of Morse
oscillator. Magnetic dipole transition moments of harmonic oscillator. Magnetic dipole transition moments of anharmonic oscillator. Transition
polarizabilities.
Polyatomic Molecules. Energy levels of harmonic oscillators. Energy levels of anharmonic oscillators. Electric
dipole transition moments of harmonic oscillators. Electric dipole transition moments of anharmonic oscillators. Magnetic dipole transition
moments of harmonic oscillators. Magnetic dipole transition moments of anharmonic oscillators.
Applications of Symmetry. Introduction. symmetry operations and point groups. Representations. Vibrational properties.
Principles
of Spectral Measurements. Introduction. Polarization modulation using a photoelastic modulator. Polarization modulation using a quarter-wave
retarder. Double polarization modulation. Dispersive spectrometers.
Amplitude Division Interferometry. Introduction. Principles
of measurements.
Polarization Division Interferometry. Introduction. PDIs based on Wollaston prism. PDIs based on wire-grid beamsplitters.
Principles of measurements. Additional modulations. Time resolved measurements. Double polarization modulation interferometers.
Applications
and Molecular Structure. Vibrational frequencies and absorption and Raman spectra. Vibrational circular dichroism spectra. Vibrational
Raman optical activity spectra.
Appendices. Summation convention for vector products. Harmonic oscillator integrals with dimensionless
p and q operators. Some relations among dimensionless p and q operators. Polarized light. Summation convention for tensor products. Vibrational
Raman optical activities. Classical expressions for Aαβγ and G'αβ.
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