Light
Optical activity: optical dichroism
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Light
Optical activity: optical dichroism

Author : Jean-Claude MAURIZOT

Publication date: December 10, 2009 | Lire en français

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1. Light

There are two approaches to characterizing light: wave and quantum.

1.1 Wave approach

In the wave approach, light is considered to be composed of an electric field E and a magnetic field H , both perpendicular to each other and to the direction of light propagation, hence the term "electromagnetic radiation" (figure 1 ). Each...

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