Abstract
We use Landau-de Gennes model to find the minimum width of a switched stripe in a surface stabilized smectic-C cell. The dependence of the critical width on temperature and on values of the nematic and smectic elastic constants is estimated analytically. The results are compared with numerically obtained critical widths. We also find characteristic times in which the wall between two switched regions is formed.
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