Scattering of Light by Polymer Films Possessing Correlated Orientation Fluctuations

A theory for the scattering of light from a film of a polymer possessing randomly correlated oriented fluctuations of anisotropic elements is presented. The case for the film possessing both density and orientation fluctuations is considered. It is shown that one can separate these contributions from measurements obtained using polarized light. The consequences of non‐randomly correlated fluctuations are qualitatively considered.