Optical polarization of molecules
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Optical polarization of molecules
（Cambridge monographs on atomic, molecular, and chemical physics, 4）
Cambridge University Press, 2005
- : pbk
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Originally published in 1995
"This digitally printed first paperback version 2005" -- T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-294) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explains the theory and methods by which gas molecules can be polarized by light, a subject of considerable importance for what it tells us about the electronic structure of molecules and properties of chemical reactions. Starting with a brief review of molecular angular momentum, the text goes on to consider resonant absorption, fluorescence, photodissociation and photoionization, as well as collisions and static fields. A variety of macroscopic effects are considered, among them angular distribution and the polarization of emitted light, ground state depopulation, laser-induced dichroism, the effect of collisions and external magnetic and electric field effects. Most examples in the book are for diatomic molecules, but symmetric-top polyatomic molecules are also included. The book concludes with a short appendix of essential formulae, tables for vector calculus, spherical functions, Wigner rotation matrices, Clebsch-Gordan coefficients, and methods for expansion over irreducible tensors.
Table of Contents
- 1. Angular momentum and transition dipole moment
- 2. Excited state angular momenta distribution
- 3. Ground state angular momenta polarization
- 4. Effect of external magnetic field on angular momenta distribution
- 5. General equations of motion for arbitrary J values
- 6. Other methods of alignment and orientation of molecules
- Appendix
- References
- Index.
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