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 in | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Vol. 502; no. 1; pp. 164 - 177 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Philadelphia
Taylor & Francis Group
29.05.2009
Taylor & Francis Ltd |
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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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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1542-1406 1563-5287 1527-1943 |
DOI: | 10.1080/15421400902816983 |