Abstract
The selection rules for far-infrared and Raman transitions of a solid sphere are derived from group theory. By far-infrared only the spheroidal dipolar modes are excited, by Raman scattering the spherical and spheroidal quadrupolar modes are observed.
- Received 15 June 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.46.5795
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