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Revealing optical activity in achiral crystals

Hidden rotations in crystals, known as ferroaxial order, scatter light differently depending on how it twists

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June 8, 2026

Raman optical activity, long thought to require chiral molecules or magnetic order, has been demonstrated in an achiral, nonmagnetic crystal by researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo.

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