1991/03/14 by Michael H. Anderson, J.C. Jones, E. P. Raynes +1 · 1 citation
Chemistry · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Liquid Crystal Research Advancements #Molecular spectroscopy and chirality #Photonic Crystals and Applications
paper · doi:10.1088/0022-3727/24/3/016
openalex publication_date 1991/03/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
The optical behaviour of surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal samples cannot be described using a uniform director profile. The simplest model based on the chevron layer structure and the surface alignment is a triangular director profile. Analytical expressions for the resulting transmitted light were calculated using the Jones matrix formalism and fitted to experimental data results of a smectic-C host made using an optical multichannel analyser (OMA). This simple model gives an excellent fit, with results that are consistent with X-ray measurements of the chevron structure.