Field of View Characteristics of a Liquid Crystal Variable Retarder

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5158, Issue , 2003, Pages 142-150

  Xiao, Xifeng ^a   Voelz, David ^a   Sugiura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field angle; Field of view; Liquid crystal; Mueller matrix; Polarization; Variable retarder

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIMETERS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

FIELD ANGLE; FIELD OF VIEW; MUELLER MATRIX; VARIABLE RETARDER;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 1842479440     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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