Birefringence and tilt angle in the antiferroelectric, ferroelectric, and intermediate phases of chiral smectic liquid crystals
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M. Škarabot, Mojca Čepič, B. Žekš, R. Blinc, G. Heppke, A. V. Kityk,* and I. Muševič J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1111 Ljubljana, Slovenia Faculty of Education, Kardeljeva ploščad 16, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Institute of Biophysics, Medical Faculty, Lipičeva 2, 1105 Ljubljana, Slovenia Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, Ljubljana, Slovenia Iwan-N-Stranski-Institut, Technische Universität Berlin, Sekretariat ER 11, Str. des 17, Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany ~Received 10 February 1998!
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