Refractive indices of liquid crystals for display applications

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-61

  Li, Jun ^a,b   Wen, Chien Hui ^a,b   Gauza, Sebastian ^a,b   Lu, Ruibo ^a,b   Wu, Shin Tson ^a,b,c,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Society for Information Display   (United States)

^d OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauchy model; Four parameter model; Liquid crystal (LC) refractive indices; Liquid crystal display (LCD); Temperature gradients; Three parameter parabolic model

Indexed keywords

CAUCHY MODEL; FOUR-PARAMETER MODEL; LIQUID CRYSTAL (LC) REFRACTIVE INDICES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; THREE-PARAMETER PARABOLIC MODEL;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 27744453173     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2005.853357     Document Type: Review

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