Ray-Tracing Simulations of Liquid-Crystal Devices

• Published in: Molecular 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
• Language: English
• 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

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,...