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Forced Rayleigh scattering from non-harmonic gratings applied to complex diffusion processes in glass-forming liquids

Andrey V. VeniaminovHans Sillescu

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Chemistrybusiness.industryPhase (waves)General Physics and AstronomyGratingsymbols.namesakeOpticsHarmonicsymbolsForced Rayleigh scatteringSpatial frequencyPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryRayleigh scatteringDiffusion (business)businessBeam (structure)

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Abstract Tracer diffusion of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone (PQ) and its photoproduct in super-cooled phenolphthalein-dimethyl-ether (PDE) was studied by forced Rayleigh scattering. In order to investigate the spatial frequency dependence of the grating dynamics, several spatial harmonics of the grating with non-sinusoidal phase profile produced by non-linear recording were monitored. An optical scheme with a diverging reading beam is proposed for simultaneous reconstruction of the harmonic components.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0009-2614(99)00257-2