Diffraction limited liquid crystal microlenses with planar alignment

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

Volumn 39, Issue 12 A, 2000, Pages 6629-6636

  Scharf, Toralf ^a   Kipfer, Peter ^a   Bouvier, Manuel ^a   Grupp, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b ASULAB   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffraction limited; Director simulations; Liquid crystal; Liquid crystal microlens; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; INTERFEROMETERS; MICROLENSES;

DIRECTOR FIELD SIMULATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL MICROLENSES;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0034470752     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.39.6629     Document Type: Article

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