Helix unwinding process in a short-pitch ferroelectric liquid crystal mixture studied by conoscopy

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1335-1337

  Suwa, Shun Ichi ^a   Hoshi, Hajime ^a   Takanishi, Yoichi ^a   Ishikawa, Ken ^a   Takezoe, Hideo ^a   Zeks, Bostjan ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

4 4 matrix method; Conoscopy; Elastic theory; Ferroelectric liquid crystal; Helix

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

CONOSCOPY;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037615171     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.42.1335     Document Type: Article

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