TABLE OF CONTENTS This appendix identifies the symbols used throughout this monograph. Where appropriate, each description is followed by the equation numbers where the symbol is introduced.
| A | Jones vector, (1.50). | |
| | Amplitude of the Jones vector, (2.12). | |
| i | Abeles' electric vector used in the analysis of stratified films, (3.7). | |
| A | Area; strength of polarization modulation, (8.22). | |
| A ij | Rouse matrix, (7.55); total absorption tensor of a macromolecule, (5.7). | |
| a | Unit vector defining the basis set for a polarization state, (1.54), (1.55); segmental absorption tensor, (5.4). | |
| a | Length of a polymer segment, Figure 7.3. | |
| B | Magnetic induction field, (1.1). | |
| C | Stress optical coefficient, (7.123), Jeffery orbit constant, (7.108). | |
| C ? | Shorthand for cosh ?. | |
| C(k) | Fourier transform of the dielectric tensor autocorrelation function, (4.89). | |
| c | Speed of light in vacuum, (1.16). | |
| c(x) | Concentration, (4.48). | |
| c ? | Shorthand for cos ? | |
| D | Electric displacement vector, (1.3). | |
| D | Rate of strain tensor, (7.61). | |
| D t | Translational diffusion coefficient, (6.15). | |
| D N | Determinant of N, (2.47). | |
| D r O | Rotational diffusivity in dilute solution, (7.61). | |
| D r | Rotational diffusivity in semi-dilute solution, (7.80). | |
| D R | Diffusion coefficient for reptation, (7.66). | |
| D( ?, ?) | Fraunhofer diffraction function, (4.61). | |
| d | Sample thickness. | |
| d ij | Matrix used in the calculation of the Mueller matrix, (2.4). | |
| E | Electric field vector, (1.1). | |
| F | Transformation matrix for linear and circular basis... |
