Dependence of
absorbance of a sample on the type of
polarization of the measuring beam. This
polarization may be linear, corresponding to linear dichroism (
LD) in which the difference in absorption for two perpendicularly linearly polarized beams is measured,
,
or circular dichroism (
CD) in which the difference in absorption for left minus right circularly polarized beams is measured,
.
Source:
PAC, 2007, 79, 293
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry, 3rd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2006))
on page 324
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
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