Optically enhancing the small electro-optical effect of a fast-switching liquid-crystal mixture

Optical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1568-1572

  Xu, Huan ^a,b   Davey, Anthony B ^a   Wilkinson, Timothy D ^a,c   Crossland, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JESUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESONATORS;

CONTRAST RATIO; FAST SWITCHING ELECTROCLINIC MIXTURE; OPTICAL ENHANCEMENT;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 0034205099     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602530     Document Type: Article

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