Liquid crystals Correlation between static and dynamic polarimetric properties and the texture of Surface-Stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal cells
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Matthieu Dubreuil, Philippe Babilotte, Vinicius N. H. Silva, Sylvain Rivet, Bernard Le Jeune and Laurent Dupont Université Européenne de Bretagne, 5 boulevard Laennec 35000 Rennes, France Université de Brest, Laboratoire de Spectrométrie et Optique Laser (EA 938), 6 avenue Le Gorgeu, C.S. 93837, 29238 Brest Cedex 3, France Département d'Optique (UMR CNRS 6082), Telecom Bretagne, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, C.S. 83818, 29238 Brest Cedex 3, France *corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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