Modeling and measuring the effects of domain walls in liquid crystal displays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5289, Issue , 2004, Pages 109-118

  De Boer, Dick K G ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Domain walls; Liquid crystal displays; Modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SILICON; SWITCHING;

DOMAIN WALLS; OPTICAL SIMULATION; PIXELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 8844232654     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.526348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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