A single-oscillator quantum model for magnetochiral birefringence

TL;DR

This paper presents an analytical model for magnetochiral birefringence in chiral molecules under magnetic fields, linking optical properties to molecular parameters, and compares predictions with experimental data.

Contribution

It introduces a single-oscillator model to analytically describe magnetochiral birefringence in diamagnetic chiral media under magnetic fields.

Findings

Analytical expression derived for magnetochiral birefringence.

Model predictions agree with experimental data.

Connects optical properties to molecular parameters.

Abstract

We derive an analytical expression for the magnetochiral birefringence of a dilute diamagnetic chiral molecular medium subjet to a constant magnetic field. We use the single-oscillator model of Condon et al. [1, 2] to describe the optical properties of the individual molecules. The result is a function of the refractive index and the rotatory power. This result is compared to experimental data.