Computational studies of optical textures of twist disclination loops in liquid-crystal films by using the finite-difference time-domain method

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 483-496

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; TEXTURES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

LIQUID-CRYSTAL FILMS; OPTICAL TEXTURES; TWIST DISCLINATION LOOPS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 33644512069     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.000483     Document Type: Article

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