title: Combined X-Ray and fully leaky guided mode studies of the smectic layer and optic tensor configuration in a ferroelectric liquid-crystal cell.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Thin Film Photonics, School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hodder
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sambles
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Richardson