A comparative study of light scattering from liquid crystal droplets

  1. Emmanouil E. Kriezis

Article first published online: 21 NOV 2002

DOI: 10.1002/mop.10632

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Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volume 35, Issue 6, pages 437–441, 20 December 2002

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Kriezis, E. E. (2002), A comparative study of light scattering from liquid crystal droplets. Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett., 35: 437–441. doi: 10.1002/mop.10632

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  1. University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 NOV 2002
  2. Article first published online: 21 NOV 2002
  3. Manuscript Received: 7 JUN 2002

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Keywords:

  • light scattering;
  • polymer dispersed liquid crystals;
  • Rayleigh–Gans;
  • finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method

Abstract

Light scattering from electrically small nematic liquid crystal droplets is routinely studied by methods based on the Rayleigh–Gans (RG) approximation. The error introduced by the Rayleigh–Gans approximation is critically assessed for radial, bipolar, and aligned spherical droplets. Comparisons are made with respect to the prediction of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for the above droplet configurations. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 35: 437–441, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10632

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