The influence of optical activity on light scattering in crystals. Part II. Sodium chlorate

Abstract

As in the case of quartz (Chandrasekharan, 1948), using the property of optical activity, the selection rules for Raman lines of sodium chlorate have been experimentally verified using λ 2537 excitation for two different orientations of the crystal. Its 15 Raman lines have been classified as follows into the various symmetry classes possible for a cubic crystal:- 70 (E), 83 (F), 103 (F), 123 (F), 131 (A), 179 (E), 482 (E), 487 (F), 627 (A+F), 933 (F), 936 (A), 959 (E), 966 (F), 984 (F), 1026 (-). The results agree with earlier ones of Couture and Mathieu (1948) except for the Raman line 131 cm.^-1 which they classify as belonging to Class E. The Brillouin components are well polarised and weaker than the symmetric Raman line 936 cm^-1.