Characteristic parameters of liquid crystal cells and their measurements

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-31

  Tang, S T ^b,c,d,e   Kwok, Hoi Sing ^a,b,d,f,g,h  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c Bona Fide Instruments Company Ltd   (Hong Kong)

^d Society for Information Display (SID)   (Hong Kong)

^e SPIE ^*  (Hong Kong)

^f Center for Display Research   (Hong Kong)

^g OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^h Asia Pacific Academy of Materials   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Characteristic parameters; Liquid crystal (LC) measurement; Retardation; Stokes parameter; Twist angle

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL (LC) MEASUREMENT; RETARDATION; STOKES PARAMETER; TWIST ANGLE;

CELLS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33344457185     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2005.862197     Document Type: Article

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