Wide-angle beam propagation method for liquid-crystal device calculations

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 31, 2000, Pages 5707-5714

  Kriezis, Emmanouil E ^a   Elston, Steve J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TENSORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

WIDE-ANGLE BEAM PROPAGATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0012051828     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.005707     Document Type: Article

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