Iterative finite-difference method for calculating the distribution of a liquid-crystal director

Optical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2552-2557

  Wang, Qian ^a   He, Sailing ^a,b   Yu, Feihong ^a   Huang, Nairong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Displays; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DIRECTORS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0035519066     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1411974     Document Type: Article

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