This document discusses Raman spectroscopy measurements of intensity and depolarization ratio. It explains that Raman spectroscopy measures molecular vibrations when light excites a sample's molecules. The Raman scattered light has parallel and perpendicular components relative to the incident light polarization. The depolarization ratio is the intensity ratio between the perpendicular and parallel components, indicating whether a vibration is symmetric. Factors like molecular symmetry and normal vibrational modes affect this ratio. A ratio below 0.75 indicates a totally symmetric vibration while 0.75 represents a non-symmetric vibration. The depolarization ratio helps interpret vibrations observed in Raman signals.
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1. Intensity of Raman band and
Raman Depolarization Ratio
Ghada Bint E Sajid
M.Sc final
2. Why we use raman
spectroscopy?
Use to determine molecular
motion especially the
vibrational one
3. What exactly is being
measured?
When light hits a sample,it is
excited and is force to vibrate
and move.It is these vibrations
which we are measuring.
4. .
The Raman scattered light
consists of the parallel
component and the
perpendicular component
5. Perpendicular component
Some fraction of the Raman
scattered light has a polarization
direction that is perpendicular to
that of the incident light. This
component is called the
perpendicular component.
6. Parallel component
The component of the Raman
scattered light whose polarization
direction is parallel to that of the
incident light is called the parallel
component
10. .
For completely plane polarized
light,intensity of perpendicular
component is equal to zero and
hence the degree of
depolarization is also zero.
11. .
for completely unpolarized (i.e.
ordinary) light,intensity of parallel
and perpendicular component is
equal and depolarization ratio is
equal to 1
13. Factors
Symmetry of the molecule and
Normal vibrational mode, in other
words, the point group of the
molecule
14. .
Depolarization ratio of a totally
symmetric vibrational mode is
less than 0.75, and that of the
other modes equals 0.75.
15. Polzaried band
A Raman band whose
depolarization ratio is less than
0.75.vibration is totally symmetric.
16. Depolarized band
A band with a 0.75
depolarization ratio is called a
depolarized band.vibration is
not symmetric.
17. .
The depolarization ratio can
be useful in interpreting the
actual vibration responsible
for a raman signal.
18. Intensity of raman band
The Raman scattering intensity is mainly
affected by the:
Light source intensity (directly proportional)
Wavelength of the source (l-4dependency)
Concentration of the sample or number of
molecules (directly proportional)
Scattering properties of the sample (sample
specific)
19. Refrences
Charly D. Allemand, "Depolarization Ratio
Measurements in Raman Spectrometry",
Applied Spectroscopy 24(3), 1970, pp. 348353
Jump up ^ D. A. Long (Apr 8, 1953). "Intensities
in Raman Spectra. I. A Bond Polarizability
Theory". Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London. Series A
C N Banwell
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