Simple technique for determining the extraordinary axis direction for twisted-nematic liquid crystal spatial light modulators

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 929-932

  Davis, Jeffrey A ^a   Tsai, Philbert ^a   D'Nelly, Kevin G ^a   Moreno, Ignacio ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; TWISTED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISIONS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0032676331     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602052     Document Type: Article

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