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Radiation Transfer in Nematic Liquid Crystals

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Wave Scattering in Complex Media: From Theory to Applications

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Optical properties of nematic liquid crystals are considered. We analyze the light scattering by director fluctuations, the singularities of the single light scattering and extinction coefficients of the ordinary and extraordinary beams. The multiple light scattering is considered in the eikonal approximation and in the framework of radiation transfer equation for anisotropic media. This equation is analyzed in small angle and diffusion approximation. For multi-domain liquid crystals the effect of the coherent backscattering is discussed.

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  1. Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University Petrodvorets, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russia

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France

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  2. Moscow State University, Russia

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Romanov, V.P. (2003). Radiation Transfer in Nematic Liquid Crystals. In: van Tiggelen, B.A., Skipetrov, S.E. (eds) Wave Scattering in Complex Media: From Theory to Applications. NATO Science Series, vol 107. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0227-1_23

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