Raman Scattering Jones Matrix for Oriented Systems

4 Raman Scattering Jones Matrix for Oriented Systems 

The Mueller matrix can then be calculated using equation (2.3). Because the Mueller matrix represents observable intensities, these elements must be averaged over probability distributions functions that represent the system. This matrix is 

Evidently, Raman scattered light contains information about both the second and the fourth moments of the orientation distribution function. This is in contrast to birefringence and dichroism measurements, which respond only to anisotropies in the second moments. 

If the orientation distribution function is uniaxial, and symmetric about the x axis, the averages in equation (5.44) take on the following simple forms, 

8 j = 2izAn (L - z) ] /Xj. The Jones matrix describing this sequence of events is simply the following result  

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