Abstract

We report an analysis of the statistical behavior of light scattered from electrohydrodynamic fluctuations in a nematic liquid crystal (MBBA) and a comparison with the statistics of the light scattered from a rotating ground-glass disk. In both cases, the statistical behavior changes when the dimension of the lighted spot is comparable with the correlation length of scattering inhomogeneities.

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Light Scattered by a Liquid Crystal: a New Quasi-Thermal Source

F. Scudieri, M. Bertolotti, and R. Bartolino
Appl. Opt. 13(1) 181-185 (1974)

Losses of a nematic liquid-crystal optical waveguide*

Chenming Hu and J. R. Whinnery
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64(11) 1424-1432 (1974)

Photon-Count Distributions and Irradiance Fluctuations of a Log-Normally Distributed Light Field*

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J. Opt. Soc. Am. 62(11) 1309-1314 (1972)

Nematic Liquid Crystal Digital Light Deflector

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