High speed liquid crystal over silicon display based on the flexoelectro-optic effect

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7130-7137

  Chen, Jing ^a   Morris, Stephen M ^a   Wilkinson, Timothy D ^a   Freeman, Jon P ^a   Coles, Harry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CORRELATORS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; HOLOGRAPHY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MODULATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; SILICON;

CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DEVICE GEOMETRIES; FLEXOELECTRO-OPTIC EFFECT; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL OVER SILICONS; OPTICAL CORRELATORS; PHASE SHIFT INTERFEROMETRY; REAR-PROJECTION TELEVISION;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DATA DISPLAY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DEVICES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICON;

EID: 66549090301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007130     Document Type: Article

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