In ADF infrared and Raman spectroscopy can be studied for molecular vibrations. In the Born-Oppenheimer and harmonic approximations the vibrational frequencies are determined by the normal modes corresponding to the molecular electronic ground state potential energy surface. In resonance Raman spectroscopy the molecule is excited to near one of its electronic excited states, to improve the sensitivity compared to traditional Raman spectroscopy. Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) is the differential absorption of left and right circularly polarized infrared light by vibrating molecules.
IR spectra
