A novel method for determining the cell thickness and twist angle of a twisted nematic cell by stokes parameter measurement

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

Volumn 36, Issue 5 A, 1997, Pages 2760-2764

  Zhou, Ying ^a   He, Zhan ^a   Sato, Susumu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell thickness; Jones matrix representation; Nematic liquid crystal; Stokes parameters; Twist angle

Indexed keywords

JONES MATRIX; STOKES PARAMETERS; TWISTED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (TNLC);

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0031145624     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.2760     Document Type: Article

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