Raman effect

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Raman effect

n. Physics

The alteration in frequency and random alteration in phase of light passing through a transparent medium.

[After Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.]

Raman effect [ˈrɑːmən]

(Physics / General Physics) a change in wavelength of light that is scattered by electrons within a material. The effect is used in Raman spectroscopy for studying molecules

[named after Sir Chandrasekhara Raman (1888-1970), Indian physicist]

Raman effect

The alteration of the frequency and the phase of light as it passes through a transparent medium. The Raman effect is caused by small differences between the energy of photons absorbed by the molecules that make up the medium and the energy of photons re-emitted.

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