arXiv 0904.21552009-04-14quant-ph

Optical Activity of a Dilute Dielectric Medium: Pasteur and the Molecular Symmetries

M. Cattani, J. M. F. Bassalo

备注：: 26 pages 4 figures

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In 1848 Pasteur conjectured that the rotation of the polarization plane of the light in a dilute dielectric medium is generated by the molecular symmetries of the medium where the light propagates. Our objective is to show that Pasteur hypothesis was correct using basic knowledge of electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. In Sections 2-5 we present a brief review of the fundamental concepts of the electromagnetism necessary to study the optical activity. In Sections 6-8 using the quantum mechanical perturbation theory and taking into account the molecular symmetries we calculate the optical activity of the medium. It will be shown that the theoretical predictions that are in good agreement with the experimental results give support to the Pasteur hypothesis.

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