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Abstract
An optical method for investigating the dynamics in free-standing films of ferroelectric liquid crystals in the range 10 to 105 Hz by means of optical reflectivity is presented. The experimental results were obtained in the linear-response regime applying electric a. c. fields of strengths less than 16 V cm 1. By measuring the magnitude and phase of the dynamic reflectivity, a relaxation process was found at frequencies near 1 kHz originating from the Goldstone mode.