Light transport in opaque liquid crystal structures

Year: 2002

Authors: Wiersma D.

Autors Affiliation: Europ. Lab. for Non-Lin. Spectrosc., Ist. Naz. di Fisica Delta Materia, Largo E. Fermi 2, 50125 Florence, Italy

Abstract: An overview is given of recent work on multiple light scattering in opaque liquid phases and liquid crystal infiltrated macro porous structures. The nematic phase is relatively strongly scattering and for large enough samples permits to observe anisotropic light diffusion.
Liquid crystal infiltrated macro porous glasses allow for temperature control over the light diffusion constant and, if infiltrated also with laser dye, for realizing temperature-tunable random laser action.

Journal/Review: MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. SECTION A, MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS

Volume: 375      Pages from: 15  to: 31

KeyWords: Anisotropy; Diffusion in liquids; Dyes; Glass; Laser beam effects; Light emission; Light scattering; Order disorder transitions; Porous materials; Temperature control, Light diffusion; Light transport; Multiple scattering; Random lasers; Liquid crystals

Citations: 9
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