ISSN:
0377-0486
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The history of experimental and theoretical studies of second order Raman spectra is illustrated by studies that have been made on sodium chloride. It is shown how the introduction of polarized laser sources radically transformed the experimental situation by demonstrating that the observed spectra are highly sensitive to scattering geometry and drastically different from previous results obtained using unpolarized mercury are sources. This necessitates abandonment of previous interpretations of these spectra as simple maps of the two-phonon joint density of states. Results are presented which show how the inclusion of the Raman polarizability in the scattering calculations, using a simple phenomenological model, also dramatically alters the predicted spectra. Moreover, it does so in such a way as to produce the same degree of agreement between theory and experiment as existed between the earlier spectra and the joint density of states. A short overview of attempts to refine the theory further is presented. It is concluded that subsequent extensions of phenomenological and semi-phenomenological theories, amied at producing a precise fit to the observed spectra, are not satisfactory. It is therefore argued that attempts be made in the future to derive the Raman polarizabilities from first principles.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrs.1250100146
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