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AN interesting confirmation of Voigt's theory of absorption has been afforded by an experiment by Prof. Zeeman, described in the Proceedings of the Amsterdam Academy of Sciences of June 25. In Voigt's theory, the separation of a spectral line by the action of a magnetic field is found as the separation of an absorption line, and the theory requires a negative rotation of the plane of polarisation in the interior of the absorption band. Now in previous experiments, such as those of Corbino, the only observed result has been a very small positive rotation. The new experiment described by Prof. Zeeman is interesting, not only as showing the existence of a negative rotation in the interior of an absorption band, but also as being in perfect quantitative agreement with Voigt's theory.
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Magneto-Optical Rotation in the Interior of Absorption Bands . Nature 66, 622 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/066622a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/066622a0