Laser Light Scattering

Preface

I. Introduction


1.1. Momentum and Energy Transfers


1.2. Time-Averaged and Time-Dependent Scattered Intensity

Appendix l.A.

Appendix I.B.

References

II. Light Scattering Theory


2.1. Single-Particle Approach to Time-Averaged Scattered Intensity


2.2. Scattered Electric Field from the Fluctuation Viewpoint


2.3. Intensity of Scattered Light Based on Section 2.2


2.4. Spectrum of Scattered Light

Appendix 2. A. Radius of Gyration

Appendix 2. B. Fourier Decomposition of Susceptibility Fluctuations

Appendix 2. C. Mean-Squared Fluctuations of Fundamental Thermodynamic Quantities

Appendix 2.D. Spatial Correlation Function and Spatial Volume

References

III. Optical Mixing Spectroscopy


3.1. Coherence Solid Angle


3.2. Photoelectric Detection of the Scattered Electric Field


3.3. Optical Mixing Spectrometers

References

IV. Photon Correlation Spectroscopy


4.1. Photocount Autocorrelation


4.2. Full and Clipped Hardware Digital Correlators


4.3. Complementary Single-Clipped Autocorrelation Function


4.4. Sampling Scheme of a Single-Clipped Digital Correlator


4.5. Randomly Clipped Autocorrelation Function


4.6. Scaled Autocorrelation Function


4.7. Add-Subtract Autocorrelation Function


4.8. Statistical Accuracy of Estimating Digital Autocorrelation of Photon-Counting Fluctuations


4.9. Time-of-Arrival Schemes


4.10. Photon Structure Function


4.11. Computer-Based Correlators

References

V. Interferometry


5.1. General Considerations


5.2. Fabry-Perot Interferometer: General Characteristics

References

VI. Experimental Methods


6.1. Introduction


6.2. The Laser


6.3. The Optical System


6.4. Light-Scattering Spectrometers and Design Considerations


6.5. Photon-Counting Technique


6.6. Current Detection


6.7. Method to Compensate Laser Fluctuations in Photon Correlation Spectroscopy


6.8. Fabry-Perot Interferometer


6.9. Fiber Optics


6.10. Correlator Comparison

Appendix 6. A. Design of Fiber-Optic Probes for Light Scattering

References

VII. Methods of Data Analysis


7.1. Nature of the Problem


7.2. A Schematic Outline of the Procedure


7.3. Experimental Considerations


7.4. Brief Outline of Current Data Analysis Techniques


7.5. Multiexponential Singular-Value Decomposition (MSVD)


7.6. The Maximum-Entropy Formalism


7.7. Comparison of the MEM with CONTIN


7.8. Maximum-Entropy Method Using a Bayesian Estimate for the Regularization Parameter


7.9. Particle Polydispersity Analysis in Real Space

Appendix 7. A.

Appendix 7. B.

References

VIII. Characterization of Polymer Molecular Weight Distribution (Particle Sizing)


8.1. Introduction


8.2. Finding a Solvent


8.3. Dissolving the Polymer and Clarifying the Resultant Polymer Solution


8.4. Measuring the Appropriate Time-Averaged Scattered Intensity Rvv(Kτ) and the Intensity-Intensity Time Correlation Function G2(K,τ)


8.5. Performing the Laplace Inversion and Using the Scaling Relation for Transformation of G(Γ) to the Molecular-Weight Distribution


8.6. Summary of Polymers Characterized


8.7. Light Scattering by Nonergodic Media


8.8. Other New Developments

Appendix 8.A. Bibliography

References

Correlator Specifications

Notation

Index