Combined X-Ray and fully leaky guided mode studies of the smectic layer and optic tensor configuration in a ferroelectric liquid-crystal cell.
X-ray scattering together with optical characterization using fully leaky guided modes have been used for the first time to study the same ferroelectric liquid-crystal cell. This enables direct calculation of an accurate cone and chevron description of the liquid-crystal director profile since the layer structure and optic tensor configuration are both well known.
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Thin Film Photonics, School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QL, United Kingdom.
Sambles
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Jenkins
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Richardson
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