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Switching Characteristics of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal DOBAMBC

Hiroshi Orihara and Yoshihiro Ishibashi

(Received June 18, 1984; accepted for publication July 21, 1984)

Nucleation and domain growth in the switching of DOBAMBC were investigated by means of sequential microscope photographs taken with pulsed light and by laser light transmission. It was found that the electric field dependences of the switching time t_s, the domain wall velocity v and the density of nuclei n obey power laws. The essence of the switching behavior is described well by the Avrami formula.

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DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.23.1274

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