Twist angle determination in liquid crystal displays by location of local adiabatic points

Optics Communications

Volumn 158, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 231-238

  Moreno, Ignacio ^a   Bennis, Noureddine ^a   Davis, Jeffrey A ^b   Ferreira, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Spatial light modulators; Twist angle; Twisted nematic liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL ROTATION;

TWIST ANGLE DETERMINATION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0032292762     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00542-2     Document Type: Article

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