Designs of wide-view and broadband circular polarizers

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 8318-8331

  Hong, Qi ^a   Wu, Thomas X ^a   Zhu, Xinyu ^b   Lu, Ruibo ^b   Wu, Shin Tson ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

BROADBAND CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; LIGHT LEAKAGE; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 29244460499     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008318     Document Type: Article

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