Second-order correlation tensor of rayleigh light scattered by statistically independent anisotropic microsystems

Abstract

Dealing with the positions and orientations of the molecules as independent stochastic processes, the authors investigate the influence of translational and rotational fluctuations of anisotropically polarizable microsystems on the evolution in time of the second-order intensity correlation tensor of Rayleigh scattered light as well as on its spectral density. The notion of second-order depolarization is introduced and is shown to be a useful quantity for obtaining information on the translational and rotational motions of microsystems and their optical anisotropy.

Paper sponsored in part by the Physics Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Paper sponsored in part by the Physics Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

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Paper sponsored in part by the Physics Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.