Optical activity - Theoretical
I should have probably asked this way earlier, but, how are chirality and optical activity connected?
Chirality is a microscopic property while optical activity is a macroscopic property. What physical interactions between species in solution and linearly polarised light allow for rotation, i.e. change in the direction of polarisation?
Also, does the rotation in line of polarisation come with a non-negligible loss in intensity of the light (like we study using Malus' Law in wave optics) or is the intensity loss negligible?
Chirality is a microscopic property while optical activity is a macroscopic property. What physical interactions between species in solution and linearly polarised light allow for rotation, i.e. change in the direction of polarisation?
Also, does the rotation in line of polarisation come with a non-negligible loss in intensity of the light (like we study using Malus' Law in wave optics) or is the intensity loss negligible?
