Finite-difference time-domain simulation of a liquid-crystal optical phased array

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 346-354

  Wang, Xinghua ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Bos, Philip J ^a   Anderson, James E ^b   Pouch, John J ^c   Miranda, Felix A ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hana Microdisplay Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONTS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 13644259496     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.000346     Document Type: Article

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