Chiral media and optical rotatory dispersion by means of a simple polarimetric experiment for undergraduate students

IF 0.6 4区教育学 Q4 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

European Journal of Physics Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI:10.1088/1361-6404/ad695d

Pablo Cortés, Gemma Piquero, J Carlos G de Sande

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Abstract

A simple experiment taking into account media with natural optical activity and their characterization by means of Mueller polarimetry is proposed for undergraduate Optics and Photonics laboratories. The objectives are, first, to review how to characterize dielectric and homogeneous media with natural optical activity by means of a Mueller matrix, taking into account the variation of these characteristics with wavelength, and combining concepts such as polarimetry, natural optical activity, and rotatory dispersion. Secondly, a complete and simple experiment is proposed to characterize a chiral medium by means of its Mueller matrix for different wavelengths. This experiment can be performed by undergraduate students in a standard optics laboratory. As a particular example of a chiral medium, a quartz crystal is used. The experimental results are compared with those published for crystalline quartz to validate the experiment.

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通过为本科生提供的简单偏振实验，介绍手性介质和光学旋转色散

针对本科生光学和光子学实验室提出了一个简单的实验，其中考虑到了具有自然光活性的介质，并通过穆勒偏振测量法对其进行表征。其目的首先是回顾如何通过穆勒矩阵表征具有自然光活性的介质和均质介质，同时考虑到这些特性随波长的变化，并结合偏振测量法、自然光活性和旋转色散等概念。其次，提出了一个完整而简单的实验，通过不同波长的穆勒矩阵来表征手性介质。该实验可由本科生在标准光学实验室中完成。手性介质的一个特殊例子是石英晶体。实验结果与已发表的晶体石英实验结果进行了比较，以验证该实验的有效性。

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European Journal of Physics 物理-物理：综合

CiteScore

1.70

自引率

28.60%

发文量

128

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

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