One nanosecond photon correlation spectroscopy on smectic liquid crystal films

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Sharma, S ^a   Neupane, K ^a   Adorjan, A ^a   Baldwin, A R ^a   Sprunt, S ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DYNAMICAL MODELS; DAMPING RATE; OPTICAL WAVE VECTORS; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY;

CORRELATION METHODS; DAMPING; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 18144403517     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.067801     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Y. Liao, N. A. Clark, and P. S. Pershan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 30, 639 (1973).
2. R. Ribotta, D. Salin, and G. Durand, Phys. Rev. Lett. 32, 6 (1974).
3. H. Birecki, R. Schaetzing, F. Rondelez, and J. D. Litster, Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 1376 (1976).
4. These experiments, which utilize electronic spectrum analyzers, have measured the frequency of smectic film undulations up to ∼ 10 MHz, but with no reported results for the damping. [See A. Bottger and J. G. H. Joosten, Europhys. Lett. 4, 1297 (1987)]. Also, improvements on the spectrum analysis technique have been used to study orientational order fluctuations in Isotropic liquid crystals for frequencies between 10 kHz and 1 GHz, but to our knowledge, there have been no applications to smectic membranes. [See T. Masuoka, K. Sakai, and K. Takagi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 1510 (1993)].
5. These experiments, which utilize electronic spectrum analyzers, have measured the frequency of smectic film undulations up to ∼ 10 MHz, but with no reported results for the damping. [See A. Bottger and J. G. H. Joosten, Europhys. Lett. 4, 1297 (1987)]. Also, improvements on the spectrum analysis technique have been used to study orientational order fluctuations in Isotropic liquid crystals for frequencies between 10 kHz and 1 GHz, but to our knowledge, there have been no applications to smectic membranes. [See T. Masuoka, K. Sakai, and K. Takagi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 1510 (1993)].
6. A. Poniewierski, R. Holyst, A. C. Price, L. B. Sorensen, S. D. Kevan, and J. Toner, Phys. Rev. E 58, 2027 (1998) ; A. C. Price, L. B. Sorensen, S. D. Kevan, J. Toner, A. Poniewierski, and R. Holyst, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 755 (1999); A. Poniewierski, R. Holyst, A. C. Price, and L. B. Sorensen, Phys. Rev. E 59, 3048 (1999).
7. A. Poniewierski, R. Holyst, A. C. Price, L. B. Sorensen, S. D. Kevan, and J. Toner, Phys. Rev. E 58, 2027 (1998) ; A. C. Price, L. B. Sorensen, S. D. Kevan, J. Toner, A. Poniewierski, and R. Holyst, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 755 (1999); A. Poniewierski, R. Holyst, A. C. Price, and L. B. Sorensen, Phys. Rev. E 59, 3048 (1999).
8. A. Poniewierski, R. Holyst, A. C. Price, L. B. Sorensen, S. D. Kevan, and J. Toner, Phys. Rev. E 58, 2027 (1998) ; A. C. Price, L. B. Sorensen, S. D. Kevan, J. Toner, A. Poniewierski, and R. Holyst, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 755 (1999); A. Poniewierski, R. Holyst, A. C. Price, and L. B. Sorensen, Phys. Rev. E 59, 3048 (1999).
9. I. Sikharulidze, I. P. Dolbnya, A. Fera, A. Madsen, B. I. Ostrovskii, and W. H. de Jeu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 115503 (2002); A. Fera, I. P. Dolbnya, G. Grubel, H. G. Muller, B. I. Ostrovskii, A. N. Shalaginov, and W. H. de Jeu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2316 (2000).
10. I. Sikharulidze, I. P. Dolbnya, A. Fera, A. Madsen, B. I. Ostrovskii, and W. H. de Jeu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 115503 (2002); A. Fera, I. P. Dolbnya, G. Grubel, H. G. Muller, B. I. Ostrovskii, A. N. Shalaginov, and W. H. de Jeu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2316 (2000).
11. I. Sikharulidze, B. Farago, I. Dolbnya, A. Madsen, and W. H. de Jeu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 165504 (2003).
12. P. G. deGennes and J. Prost, The Physics of Liquid Crystals (Clarendon, Oxford, 1993).
13. A. N. Shalaginov and V. P. Romanov, Phys. Rev. E 48, 1073 (1993); A. N. Shalaginov and D. E. Sullivan, Phys. Rev. E 62, 699 (2000).
14. A. N. Shalaginov and V. P. Romanov, Phys. Rev. E 48, 1073 (1993); A. N. Shalaginov and D. E. Sullivan, Phys. Rev. E 62, 699 (2000).
15. H.-Y. Chen and D. Jasnow, Phys. Rev. E 61, 493 (2000); H.-Y. Chen and D. Jasnow, Phys. Rev. E 57, 5639 (1998).
16. H.-Y. Chen and D. Jasnow, Phys. Rev. E 61, 493 (2000); H.-Y. Chen and D. Jasnow, Phys. Rev. E 57, 5639 (1998).
17. P. Oswald, J. Phys. (Paris) 47, 1091 (1986).
18. C. Baumann, J. P. Marcerou, J. Prost, and J. C. Rouillon, Phys. Rev. Lett. 54, 1268 (1985).
19. P. Mach et al., Langmuir 14, 4330 (1998).
20. Commercial correlators are also now available with sampling times down to several nsec (see, www.alvgmbh.de and www.correlator.com).
21. -1.
22. A. Vrij, J. G. H. Joosten, and H. M. Fijnaut, Adv. Chem. Phys. 48, 329 (1981).
23. P. C. Martin, O. Parodi, and P. S. Pershan, Phys. Rev. A 6, 2401 (1972).
24. G. E. Durand and E. G. Virga, Phys. Rev. E 59, 4137 (1999).