Abstract
For pt.I see ibid., vol.8, 369 (1975). The authors have studied experimentally the statistical, spatial coherence and temporal coherence properties of non-Gaussian fluctuations in light scattered by a thin layer of liquid crystal (MBBA) in its dynamic scattering state. The results are consistent with the deep phase-screen theory developed in the previous paper. With 20 V applied to the sample, experimental values of the parameters of the model are: mean square phase deviation phi 2=45.6+or-8.0 rad2, phase correlation length xi =2.63+or-0.24 mu m and phase coherence time 2.2+or-0.2s. Indications are found that, while phase fluctuations in the emergent wave-front are probably dominant, amplitude fluctuations are not entirely negligible. It is argued, however, that the effects of amplitude fluctuations on the values of the above parameters are probably quite small. Taking a broader view, the results confirm that, in many scattering experiments, detailed information concerning the scattering process can be obtained from measurements in the non-Gaussian regime.
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