Fringing-field effect in liquid-crystal beam-steering devices: An approximate analytical model

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

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1996-2008

  Efron, Uzi ^a,b   Apter, Boris ^b   Bahat Treidel, Eldad ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL MODEL; FRINGING FIELD EFFECT; LIQUID CRYSTAL BEAM STEERING DEVICES; VOLTAGE DROP;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 5644303276     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.001996     Document Type: Article

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