Reply to “Comment on ‘Optical determination of flexoelectric coefficients and surface polarization in a hybrid aligned nematic cell’ ”

A. Mazzulla, F. Ciuchi, and J. R. Sambles
Phys. Rev. E 68, 023702 – Published 28 August 2003

Abstract

In their Comment [G. Barbero and L. R. Evangelista, Phys. Rev. E 68, 023701] on our paper [A. Mazzulla, F. Ciuchi, and J. R. Sambles, Phys. Rev. E 64, 021708 (2001)], Barbero and Evangelista conclude that the procedure followed by us to fit the reflectivity data from the half leaky guided mode technique is questionable. In the absence of a model that is able to reproduce the experimentally obtained tilt angle profiles, their argument is unsubstantiated. To further refute their arguments, we also illustrate and discuss additional experimental data (that were not shown in our paper) that strongly support our conclusions.

  • Received 27 February 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.68.023702

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

A. Mazzulla and F. Ciuchi

  • Licryl–Liquid Crystal Laboratory, INFM Unità di Ricerca di Cosenza, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy

J. R. Sambles

  • Thin Film Photonics Group, School of Physics, Exeter University, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QL, England

Issue

Vol. 68, Iss. 2 — August 2003

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