The effect of multistability in the mixtures of smectic-C^{*} materials with compensated twisting power, i.e., the existence of a large number of almost equiprobable states in the same mixture under the same conditions, is analyzed in the framework of elastic continuum theory. A simple molecular model is also considered. It is shown that multistability can follow from the bulk properties of the smectic-C^{*} materials with compensated twisting power, but with high spontaneous polarization. Multistability leads to the formation of ferroelectric domains, in which the director oscillates in space. The length and amplitude of this oscillation is tunable smoothly by an electric field. Theoretical results for the domain length agree completely with the experimental data. A suggestion is made as to why each domain structure is remembered without the energy consumption, when the electric field is abruptly switched off. The structural dependence on material parameters, such as the spontaneous polarization, the elastic constant, and the equilibrium wave number, is predicted.
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