NONLINEAR INELASTIC LIGHT-SCATTERING IN A SMECTIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL

Authors
PURA B JEDA W ZAGORSKI A
Citation
B. Pura et al., NONLINEAR INELASTIC LIGHT-SCATTERING IN A SMECTIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL, Acta Physica Polonica. A, 93(3), 1998, pp. 465-470
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Acta Physica Polonica. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
05874246
Volume
93
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
465 - 470
Database
ISI
SICI code
0587-4246(1998)93:3<465:NILIAS>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Results of measurements of the intensity of light scattered by a smect ic liquid crystal are reported for three phases of the specimen. A str ong dependence of the scattered intensity on the relative directions o f polarization vector and molecular orientation is observed. A mechani sm of light interaction with material is proposed, it is attributed to Brillouin - like scattering of light on director - system excitations .