Scattering in nematics

N. Kirov, P. Simova, M. Sabeva, Depolarization of light scattered in nematic liquid crystal. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1976, 33, 189. 

G. Durand, L. Leger, F. Rondelez, M. Veyssie, Quasielastic Rayleigh scattering in Nematic liquid crystal, Phys. Rev. Lett. 1969,22,1361-1363. 

The threshold voltage (or field) for dynamic scattering in SmA liquid crystals was predicted in 1972 [Eq. (2)] by Geurst and Goosens [67] who extended the Carr-Helf-rich model [64] for dynamic scattering in nematics. 

G. H. Heilmeier, L. A. Zanoni and L. A. Barton, Dynamic Scattering In Nematic Liquid Crystals, Appl. Rhys. Lett., 13, p. 46 (1968). 

B. Kellenevich and A. Coche, Relaxation of Light Scattering in Nematic-Cholesteric Mixtures, Mol. Cryst. andLiq. Cryst, 24, p. 113 (1973). 

Light-scattering processes in SmA liquid crystals are governed by fluctuations in the layer displacement they are analogous to scattering in nematics, which will be discussed in detail in the next chapter. In terms of the Fourier Ug components of the layer displacement, the free energy in the absence of an external field is given by ... 

Figure 5.2. Coordinate system for analyzing light scattering in nematic liquid crystals in terms of two normal modes.

Khoo, I. C., and A. Diaz. 2003. Nonlinear dynamics in laser polarization conversion by stimulated scattering in nematic liquid crystal films. Phys. Rev. E. 68 042701-1-4. 

Khoo, lam Choon,Jianwu Ding, and Andres Diaz. 2005. Dynamics of cross-polarization stimulated orientation scattering in nematic Uquid crystal film. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B. 22 844-851. 

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