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Anisotropic weak localization of light
Riccardo Sapienza1, Sushil Mujumdar, Cecil Cheung
1European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy and INFM, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
Abstract:
We have observed angular anisotropy in weak localization of light from highly scattering, orientationally ordered, nematic liquid crystals. This demonstration of angular anisotropy in a multiple-scattering interference phenomenon was facilitated by a light scattering instrument with extraordinary angular resolution. The measured anisotropies were consistent with a simple model of coherent backscattering generalized for propagation-direction dependent mean free paths.
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