Measurement of the pretilt angle and the cell gap of nematic liquid crystal cells by heterodyne interferometry

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 14143-14149

  Chen, Kun Huang ^a   Chang, Wei Yao ^a   Chen, Jing Heng ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CYTOLOGY; HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; CRYSTAL ROTATIONS; HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCIDENT ANGLES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; PHASE RETARDATION; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INTERFEROMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY;

INTERFEROMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS TESTING; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 68349130331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.014143     Document Type: Article

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