Ray-tracing simulations of liquid-crystal gradient-index lenses for three-dimensional displays

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2035-2043

  Sluijter, Maarten ^a   Herzog, Angie ^a   De Boer, Dick K G ^a   Krijn, Marcel P C M ^a   Urbach, Paul H ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPLAY DEVICES; LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL DESIGN; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

AUTO-STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY; GRADIENT INDEX LENS; LIQUID CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY; RAY OPTICS; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; SWITCHABLE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY; VIEWING ANGLE;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 70450191782     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.002035     Document Type: Article

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