Angular resolved light scattering from micron-sized colloidal assemblies
arXiv:2012.14921 · doi:10.1364/OE.418735
Abstract
Disordered dielectrics with structural correlations on length scales comparable to visible light wavelengths exhibit complex optical properties. Such materials exist in nature, leading to beautiful structural non-iridescent color, and they are also increasingly used as building blocks for optical materials and coatings. In this article, we study the single-scattering properties of micron-sized, disordered colloidal assemblies. The aggregates act as structurally colored supraparticles or as building blocks for macroscopic photonic glasses. We present experimental data for the differential scattering and transport cross-section. We show how we can adapt existing macroscopic models to describe the scattering from small colloidal assemblies outside the weak-scattering limit and entering the Lorentz-Mie regime.
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