Computational modeling of the propagation of light through liquid crystals containing twist disclinations based on the finite-difference time-domain method

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4513-4522

  Hwang, Dae Kun ^a   Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOSENSORS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PERMITTIVITY;

BERREMAN METHODS; CROSS POLARS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; RHEO-OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 23344442025     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004513     Document Type: Article

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