Enhanced Kerr effect in vertically aligned deformed helix ferroelectric liquid crystals

E. P. Pozhidaev, A. K. Srivastava, Alexei D. Kiselev +5

We disclose the vertically aligned deformed helix ferroelectric liquid crystal (VADHFLC) whose Kerr constant ($K_{\mathrm{kerr}}\approx 130$~nm/V${}^2$ at $\lambda =543$~nm) is one order of…