Brillouin Scattering of Light in a Cholesteric Liquid Crystal.

Abstract

Brillouin scattering was used to study the hypersonic properties of cholesteryl palmitate in the liquid crystal-liquid phase transition region. Contrary to the results of similar measurements by Durand and Rao, no anomalous change in either the velocity or the attenuation of the hypersonic waves was observed at the transition. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 1974
Accession Number
AD0785899

Entities

People

  • C. H. Wang
  • Y. Y. Huang

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attenuation
  • Brillouin Scattering
  • Crystals
  • Hypersonic Waves
  • Isothermal Processes
  • Liquid Crystals
  • Liquid Phases
  • Liquids
  • Measurement
  • Phase
  • Phase Transformations
  • Scattering
  • Thermodynamic Processes
  • Transitions
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers