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Opt Express ; 17(16): 13435-40, 2009 Aug 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19654750

ABSTRACT

An important effect of dynamical localization of light waves in liquid crystal electro-hydrodynamic instabilities is reported by investigating coherent backscattering effects. Recurrent multiple scattering in dynamic and chaotic complex fluids lead to a cone of enhanced backscattered light. The cone width and the related mean free path dependence on the dynamic scattering regimes emphasize the diverse light localization scales related to the internal structures present in the sample. The systems investigated up to now were mainly nano-powdered solutions or biological tissues, without any external control on the disorder. Here, an anisotropic complex fluid is "driven" throughout chaotic regimes by an external electric field, giving rise to dynamics that evolve through several spatio-temporal patterns.


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Liquid Crystals/chemistry , Nephelometry and Turbidimetry/methods , Refractometry/methods , Anisotropy , Computer Simulation , Light , Models, Chemical , Nonlinear Dynamics , Scattering, Radiation
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Opt Express ; 15(25): 17063-71, 2007 Dec 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19550999

ABSTRACT

This work is aimed to the photopolarimetric characterization of the disorder evolution occurring in homeotropically aligned nematic liquid crystal films during the electrically induced Fréedericksz transition. The molecular director dynamics and the transversal reorientation modes are investigated by the analysis of the depolarization of the light beam emerging from the sample. Our measurements reveal unexpected depolarization effects at the transition, which we interpret in terms of director field unhomogeneity and defects creation.

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