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A static optical model is developed for the effect of field-induced transient scattering on coherent light transmission through ferroelectric liquid crystals. Scattering processes are described by introducing an optically anisotropic medium containing scatterers (transient domains). The results presented in the paper are obtained for a plane parallel layer of ferroelectric liquid crystals with a planar helicoidal structure under normal illumination with a linearly polarized plane wave. An analysis is presented of the coherent transmittance of the layer in static applied electric fields.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Loiko, A.V. Konkolovich, A.A. Miskevich, 2009, published in Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 135, No. 3, pp. 608–620.
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Loiko, V.A., Konkolovich, A.V. & Miskevich, A.A. Optical model of transient light scattering in ferroelectric liquid crystals. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 108, 535–545 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776109030169
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