Abstract
The classical polarizability theory of optical activity in crystals is elaborated and a method of calculating rotatory power from crystal structure data is described. By varying the polarizabilities of the atoms within reasonable limits, optical rotatory powers are computed for crystals of α-quartz, AlPO4, cinnabar, Bi12SiO20, Bi12GeO20, α-LiIO3, NaClO3 and NaBrO3. In general, the agreement between theory and experiment is excellent. As expected, considerable variability in polarizabilities is required in different structures in order to obtain satisfactory fits to the observed refractive indices and rotatory powers. The orientations of anisotropic polarizability ellipsoids derived in the course of the calculation are compared with those suggested earlier by Glazer & Stadnicka [J. Appl. Cryst. (1986), 19, 108-122].
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