The Structure of TGB Phases
arXiv:cond-mat/0303365 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.68.060703
Abstract
We study the transition from the cholesteric phase to two TGB phases near the upper critical twist : the Renn-Lubensky TGB phase, with layer normal rotating in a plane perpendicular to the pitch axis, and the Bordeaux TGB phase, with the layer normal rotating on a cone parallel to the pitch axis. We calculate properties, including order-parameter profiles, of both phases.
4 pages, 4 figures, Submitted to Physical Review E, Rapid Communications, September 5, 2003; Revised manuscript (to the paper submitted on March 18, 2003, cond-mat/0303365)that includes an important missing reference and presents an improved analysis of a generalized model