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What is Transition dipole moment, oscillator strength?

Also known as: transition dipole moment · oscillator strength

Definition 7.1 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 7 — Electronic Spectroscopy and Photophysics

The transition dipole moment between states Ψi\Psi_i and Ψf\Psi_f is μfi=⟨Ψf∣μ^∣Ψi⟩\boldsymbol\mu_{fi} = \langle\Psi_f|\hat{\boldsymbol\mu}|\Psi_i \rangle, with μ^=−e∑krk\hat{\boldsymbol\mu} = -e\sum_k\mathbf r_k (plus the nuclear charges, which cancel between orthogonal states). The oscillator strength ff is the dimensionless measure of the intensity of a band, about 1 for the strongest transitions.

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