Ambiguities in measuring the physical parameters for twisted-nematic liquid crystal spatial light modulators

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 705-709

  Davis, Jeffrey A ^a   Allison, David B ^a   D'Nelly, Kevin G ^a   Wilson, Michael L ^a   Moreno, Ignacio ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; POLARIZATION; TELEVISION;

TWIST ANGLE;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0032652076     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602113     Document Type: Article

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