The Surface Electroclinic Effect near the First Order Smectic-A*--Smectic-C* transition

Karl Saunders, Per Rudquist

We analyze the surface electroclinic effect (SECE) in a material that exhibits a first order bulk smectic-$A^{\ast }$ (Sm-$A^{\ast }$) -- smectic-$C^{\ast }$ (Sm-$C^{\ast }$) transition. The effect of a c…