• ISBN13: 9780471974208
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Chemistry
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Wiley
• Publication Date: August 16, 1998
• Pages: 214
• Original Price: USD 458.75
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 450 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Chemistry / Analytic

Polarization division interferometry is a technique for "fingerprinting" samples. The technique can be used for applications that conventional spectroscopy techniques can not perform, such as the analysis of cosmic radiation to provide evidence for the Big Bang theory.

Professor Polavarapu is professor of Chemistry at Vanderbilt University. His research interests include the instrumentation, for, and theory and applications of, vibrational spectroscopy, with an emphasis on optical activity in vibrational transitions. He has published about 120 articles on these topics in leading journals. Professor Polavarapu obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Following post-doctoral research work at the University of Toledo and Syracuse University, he joined Vanderbilt University in 1980.