Introduction to the Theory of the Raman Effect

Book excerpt: 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.