Polarized Fluorescence of Jet‐Cooled Indole

The polarization of indole fluorescence on excitation in the P, Q, and R branches of a purely electron transition has been investigated. Relations are given to calculate the fluorescence polarization with arbitrary orientation of the dipole moments of transitions with absorption and emission and with excitation in the Q branch of the vibronic line. The coincidence of the measured (7.3%) and calculated (7.7%) values of the polarization degree confirms the reported intramolecular orientation of the dipole moment of transition. The measured fluorescence polarization degree on nonselective excitation is about 3%.