Remarks on the relation between microscopic and macroscopic crystal optics
Acta Crystallographica Section A: Crystal Physics, Diffraction, Theoretical and General Crystallography
, Volume 24 (1): 52 – Jan 23, 1968
Abstract
The microscopic equations for the polarization caused by a travelling light wave in an infinite crystal are brought into a form that is analogous to that of macroscopic optics. The role of the `incident' field term in the elementary theory and that of a magnetic contribution to the optical rotatory power are discussed.
