Investigating the Faraday Effect in Chiral Material
The Faraday Effect describes the rotation of the plane of polarisation of light through a medium when a magnetic field is applied. This experiment investigates this effect by passing light through a transparent sample under a magnetic field and observing the change of polarisation axis as a result, analysing the influence of circular birefringence and circular dichroism on a medium in the presence of a magnetic field. Experiment Aim To measure the change of polarisation axis through a transparent sample and investigate how these changes with wavelength using the HEXA-BEAM laser. Tasks 1.Use a Hall probe to investigate and calibrate…