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Along with infrared spectroscopy and microwave spectroscopy, a further important method of investigating the rotational and vibrational spectra of molecules is Raman spectroscopy. It is based on the inelastic scattering of light from molecules, which is known as the Raman effect. The rotational and vibrational frequencies of the molecules which scatter the light are present in the scattered spectrum as difference frequencies relative to the elastically-scattered primary light. In this chapter, we shall explain how this scattered-light spectrum arises and what information it contains (Sects. 12.1–12.3). In the final section, 12.4, we then discuss the statistics of nuclear spin states and their influence on the rotational structure of the spectrum. This last section refers not only to the Raman effect, but also to rotational spectra in general, and can thus be regarded as a complement to Chap. 9.
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Haken, H., Wolf, H.C. (2004). Raman Spectra. In: Molecular Physics and Elements of Quantum Chemistry. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08820-3_12
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