Two-dimensional cell parameters of twisted nematic liquid crystal with an amplitude-sensitive heterodyne ellipsometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1628-1634

  Wei, Hsiang Chun ^a,b   Tsai, Chien Chung ^b   Yu, Li Ping ^a   Lin, Tsu En ^c   Yu, Chi Jen ^c   Liu, Meng Han ^d   Chien, Chou ^a,c,e  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELLIPSOMETRY; HETERODYNING; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DEVICES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEISMIC WAVES; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

AMPLITUDE SENSITIVE; HIGH SPEED MEASUREMENTS; PHASE RETARDATION; POLARIZATION STATE; QUARTER-WAVE PLATES; TWISTED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); WAVELENGTH MODULATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERFEROMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 65249170914     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.001628     Document Type: Article

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