An improved stokes parameter method for determination of the cell thickness and twist angle of twisted nematic liquid crystal cells

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

Volumn 37, Issue 5 A, 1998, Pages 2567-2571

  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

FUNCTIONS; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

JONES MATRIX REPRESENTATION; STOKES PARAMETERS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032066134     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.37.2567     Document Type: Article

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