TY - JOUR

T1 - Effect of external field on coherent backscattering in nematics

AU - Kuzmin, V. L.

AU - Valkov, A. Yu.

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - For a one-elastic-constant model of nematic liquid crystal the optical theorem is shown to produce an explicit relationship between the scattering length of extraordinary wave mode and magnetic coherence length. The Monte Carlo simulation of coherent backscattering is performed accounting for the long-range orientational fluctuations and scattering length anisotropy; the coherent backscattering peak is shown to change quite weakly while the magnetic field varies several orders.

AB - For a one-elastic-constant model of nematic liquid crystal the optical theorem is shown to produce an explicit relationship between the scattering length of extraordinary wave mode and magnetic coherence length. The Monte Carlo simulation of coherent backscattering is performed accounting for the long-range orientational fluctuations and scattering length anisotropy; the coherent backscattering peak is shown to change quite weakly while the magnetic field varies several orders.

U2 - 10.1364/OL.37.000656

DO - 10.1364/OL.37.000656

M3 - Article

VL - 37

SP - 656

EP - 658

JO - Optics Letters

JF - Optics Letters

SN - 0146-9592

IS - 4

ER -