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Multiple Light Scattering in Nematic Liquid Crystals

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Statistical and Dynamical Aspects of Mesoscopic Systems

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We have studied the propagation of light waves in large liquid crystal samples in a monodomain nematic phase. The strong scattering combined with the partial ordering of the nematic phase leads to an anisotropic diffusion process. Or better, the light waves perform an anisotropic random walk in these systems. We have studied the anisotropy in the diffusion constant for light in nematics, by means of time-resolved transmission experiments.

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  1. European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, and Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Largo E. Fermi 2, 50125, Florence, Italy

    D. S. Wiersma, A. Muzzi, M. Colocci & R. Righini

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  1. Departament de Física Fonamental, Universita de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

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Wiersma, D.S., Muzzi, A., Colocci, M., Righini, R. (1999). Multiple Light Scattering in Nematic Liquid Crystals. In: Reguera, D., Rubí, J.M., Platero, G., Bonilla, L.L. (eds) Statistical and Dynamical Aspects of Mesoscopic Systems. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 547. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45557-4_19

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