Date of Award
7-1962
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Dr. Stanley K. Derby
Second Advisor
Dr. Ed Wong
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Chapter I
Introduction
The phenomenon known as the Faraday Effect was discovered by Michael Faraday in the year 1845.1 He discovered that when an isotropic substance of high refractive index is placed in a strong magnetic field which is parallel to a beam of plane polarized light, the plane of polarization is rotated. The rotation is proportional to H, the strength of the magnetic field; and to 1, the length of the light path in the sample. If X represents the rotation in minutes then
X = VH1.
The proportionality constant V is known as Verdet's constant. The units of V depend upon the units chosen for H and 1, which usually are gauss and centimeter respectively.
Recommended Citation
Love, Norman D., "The Construction of Two Light Sources with Adequate Intensity for Magneto-Optical Rotatory Dispersion Experiments" (1962). Masters Theses. 4289.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4289