Figure 8.

Average pitch 〈pʹ〉 compared with the minimal pitch pʹ (0) = $\alpha$ p in the film and computed for different $\alpha$ ratios using Eq. (C5-C6), assuming different initial distributions of the domains: purely isotropic (γ = 0) and under a vertical magnetic alignment with γ = 1 and 10 and no anchoring. Note that a range of values for 〈pʹ〉/($\alpha$ p) closer to unity than the isotropic case are also possible from the sole effect of anchoring (cf. section II G 3).