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Introducing Raman Spectroscopy of Crystalline Solids in the Undergraduate Curriculum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2013

Bahram Roughani ,
David Warner  and
Uma Ramabadran
Bahram Roughani
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Kettering University, Flint, MI 48504-4898
David Warner
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Kettering University, Flint, MI 48504-4898
Uma Ramabadran
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Kettering University, Flint, MI 48504-4898
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Abstract

We describe an experiment designed as an upper level physics laboratory that introduces students to Raman Scattering of electronic materials and research methodology. This experiment is an effective approach in demonstrating the relationship between the Raman intensity of the scattered light from crystals and symmetry dependent Raman selection rules. In our measurements we alter the angle between the crystal axis and the polarization of the incident laser beam by Si (100) sample rotation. The three dimensional plot of the intensity profile versus the theoretical model is used to distinguish differences between various crystal planes of the same electronic sample. This experiment will combine optical analysis with materials aspects of electronic materials.

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Raman spectroscopycrystallographic structureeducation
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1583: Symposium EEE – Materials Education—Toward a Lab-to-Classroom Initiative , 2013 , mrss13-1583-eee01-08
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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