Modeling liquid-crystal gradient-index lenses

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

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3467-3477

  Kraan, T C ^a   van Bommel, T ^a   Hikmet, Rifat A M ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOCHROMATORS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ANGULAR LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; COLLIMATED MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT; GRADIENT-INDEX LENSES;

LENSES;

EID: 37549056960     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.003467     Document Type: Article

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