Electrical origin and compensation for two sources of degradation of the spatial frequency response exhibited by liquid crystal displays

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Márquez, Andŕs ^a   Moreno, Ignacio ^b   Iemmi, Claudio ^c   Campos, Juan ^d   Yzuel, María J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffractive optics; Electrical signal addressing; Liquid crystal devices; Modulation transfer function; Spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHASE MODULATION; PIXELS;

ELECTRICAL SIGNAL ADDRESSING; LIQUID-CRYSTAL DEVICES; OPTICAL EFFECTS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 36749045125     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2801480     Document Type: Article

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