Light behavior analysis of twisted nematic liquid crystal display

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 36, Issue 4 A, 1997, Pages 2116-2127

  Yoshida, Hidefumi ^a,b   Kelly, Jack R ^b  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Berreman's 4 4 matrix; Light propagation; Liquid crystal display; Poincar sphere; Twisted nematic; Viewing angle

Indexed keywords

POINCARE SPHERE; VIEWING ANGLE;

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0031124243     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.2116     Document Type: Article

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