Brillouin scattering study of salol: exploring the effects of rotation-translation coupling

• Published in: Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics Vol. 70; no. 1 Pt 1; p. 011502
• Main Authors: Zhang, H P, Brodin, A, Barshilia, H C, Shen, G Q, Cummins, H Z, Pick, R M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2004

Brillouin scattering in liquids composed of optically and mechanically anisotropic molecules is affected by coupling between rotational and translational dynamics. While this effect has been extensively studied in depolarized (VH) scattering where it produces the "Rytov dip," recent theore...