Modeling liquid-crystal devices with the three-dimensional full-vector beam propagation method

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

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2014-2019

  Wang, Qian ^a   Farrell, Gerald ^a   Semenova, Yuliya ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; INTEGRATED POLARIZATION SPLITTER; LIQUID CRYSTAL (LC) DEVICES;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 33748679727     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.002014     Document Type: Article

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