Influence of the incident angle in the performance of Liquid Crystal on Silicon displays

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 8491-8505

  Lizana, A ^a   Martin, N ^a   Estape M ^a   Fernandez E ^b   Moreno, I ^c   Marquez A ^b   Iemmi, C ^d   Campos, J ^a   Yzuel, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION;

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; DEPOLARIZATION EFFECTS; INCIDENT ANGLES; LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON DISPLAYS; POLARIMETRIC ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION ELEMENTS; REFLECTIVE DISPLAY; TWISTED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 66449134492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008491     Document Type: Article

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