V-shaped electro-optic response observed in a chiral ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal
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liquid crystal V. Manjuladevi, Yu. P. Panarin, Jang-Kun Song, J. K. Vij, and B. K. Sadashiva Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland Department of Physics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan 333031, India Department of Electronic and Communication Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin 8, Ireland Liquid Crystal Laboratory, Raman Research Institute, C.V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560080, India
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