Ray-Tracing Simulations of Liquid-Crystal Devices

In previous work, we have introduced the Hamiltonian method which enables to calculate the ray paths of light rays in inhomogeneous anisotropic media in the geometrical-optics approach. With this method we are able to simulate the effect of optical anisotropy in three dimensions. In this manuscript,...

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Published inMolecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Vol. 502; no. 1; pp. 164 - 177
Main Authors Sluijter, Maarten, de Boer, Dick K. G., Paul Urbach, H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Group 29.05.2009
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Anisotropy
geometrical optics
Geometry
inhomogeneous anisotropic media
LCDs
liquid crystal
Liquid crystal displays
optical anisotropy
Optics
Simulation
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Summary:In previous work, we have introduced the Hamiltonian method which enables to calculate the ray paths of light rays in inhomogeneous anisotropic media in the geometrical-optics approach. With this method we are able to simulate the effect of optical anisotropy in three dimensions. In this manuscript, we simulate the optical properties of multiple liquid-crystal configurations. We demonstrate the resemblance between the optical properties of a gradient-index fiber and a liquid-crystal layer with a Freédericksz alignment. In addition, we investigate the optical properties of artificial liquid-crystal profiles induced by the electric field of a set of point charges. Altogether, we conclude that, in the geometrical-optics approach, we are able to assess the optical properties of any arbitrary anisotropic optical system.
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ISSN:1542-1406
1563-5287
1527-1943
DOI:10.1080/15421400902816983