Solution of the dark state problem in antiferroelectric liquid crystal displays

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 3528-3530

  D'havé, Koen ^a   Rudquist, Per ^a   Lagerwall, Sven T ^a   Pauwels, Herman ^b   Drzewinski, Witold ^c   Dabrowski, Roman ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 0000841945     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.126696     Document Type: Article

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5. This holds for θ<45°. For θ>45°, the plane of the two optic axes is, in fact, parallel to the smectic layers. At θ=45° the surface-stabilized AFLC is uniaxial with the optic axis perpendicular to the glass plates as we show in this letter.
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