Determination of the twist angle and the retardation properties of twisted nematic liquid crystal television by spectral measurements

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 629-634

  Giust, Remo ^a,b   Goedgebuer, Jean Pierre ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b Ecole Superieure d'Optique   (France)

^c ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

Channeled spectra; Liquid crystal televisions; Spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000956626     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601863     Document Type: Article

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