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Abstract
When a free standing film of ferroelectric liquid crystal was cooled from smectic A phase to its ferroelectric phase in the presence of a rotating electric field applied along the smectic planes, we observed a stable high strength disclination in the Sc* phase. This disclination is characterized by eight “brushes” in the texture, when observed under a polarizing microscope. Even after removal of the electric field the high strength disclination remains stable.