Abstract
The effect of memorizing the structural states in a ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC), known as biand multistability, is based on the existence of a domain structure that changes its properties under the action of an applied voltage. The criterion for the bistability steadiness of the optical-transmission states of FLC electrooptic cells is developed. This criterion is related to the hysteresis-loop parameters of the FLC layer. The conditions for the existence and steadiness of the hysteresis-free switching of the memorized optical-transmission states of multistable electrooptic cells are formulated.
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Dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Journal
Original Russian Text © E.P. Pozhidaev, V.G. Chigrinov, 2006, published in Kristallografiya, 2006, Vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 1098–1109.