The monograph deals with the problems of the propagation and scattering of light in
molecular media. The explicit statistical mechanical averaging procedure for the equations …

The review is devoted to theoretical and experimental problems in the study of liquid crystals
by light scattering methods. Nematic, cholesteric, and smectic liquid crystals in the isotropic …

A tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser is fabricated where tunability is achieved with
an intracavity layer of nematic liquid crystal and gain is provided by a semiconductor …

Studies of critical opalescence near phase transitions in different systems are reviewed. The
fundamentals of the modern approach to the description of the propagation and scattering of …

We discuss the role played by time-dependent scattering on light propagation in liquid
crystals. In the linear regime, the effects of the molecular disorder accumulate in …

Asymptotic properties of the Green's function of an electromagnetic field in the far zone of
biaxial anisotropic media are examined, based on ideas proposed by Lax and Nelson [Phys …

This study has established the feasibility of a new and revolutionary concept for space
telescopes based on the principle of replacing structures with information. The basic …

Formation of new transient walls by a constant magnetic field at the Fréedericsz critical value
has been observed. They are oriented along the initial alignment of the nematic phase of …

The phenomenon of extraordinary ray refraction in a helical liquid crystal with large
(compared to the light wavelength) pitch has been studied by theoretical and experimental …

Theoretical analysis of peculiarities of light propagating and scattering in smectic-A liquid
crystals is carried out. The optical anisotropy of the medium is incorporated in the analysis …