Depolarized components of laser light scattering patterns have been investigated for type II lyotropic liquid crystals. These patterns are characterized by intensity maxima and minima with constant angular separation. By using the Bragg equation, a set of distances typical for lamellar arrays can be derived. Two possible models are proposed to explain the results: the first is that the distances are related to the average diameter of lyomesomorphic micelles not accessible to low angle X-ray studies and the second model is a repeating hyperstructure of micellar microdomains.
Intense light scattering by cooperative relaxation of magnetically-aligned organic crystal particles