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Optics and Electric Field Effects in Nematic and Smectic A Liquid Crystals

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We begin with the electric displacement vector \( {D_j} = {\varepsilon_{ij}}{E_i} \) where i, j = x′, y′, z′ are Cartesian coordinates and the summation over repeated indices is inferred. The tensor of dielectric permittivity is symmetric \( {\varepsilon_{ij}} = {\varepsilon_{ji}} \)and generally (even for biaxial medium) has six independent components.

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Blinov, L.M. (2011). Optics and Electric Field Effects in Nematic and Smectic A Liquid Crystals. In: Structure and Properties of Liquid Crystals., vol 123. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8829-1_11

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