Ray-Tracing Simulations of Liquid-Crystal Devices

被引：0

作者：

Sluijter, Maarten ^{[1
]}

de Boer, Dick K. G. ^{[1
]}

Urbach, H. Paul ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Philips Res Europe, NL-5656 AE Eindhoven, Netherlands

[2] Delft Univ Technol, Dept Imaging Sci & Technol, Opt Res Grp, Lorentzweg, Netherlands

来源：

MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS | 2009年 / 502卷

关键词：

geometrical optics; inhomogeneous anisotropic media; liquid crystal; optical anisotropy; OPTICALLY-ACTIVE MEDIA; UNIAXIAL CRYSTALS; ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; FORMULAS; LENSES;

D O I：

10.1080/15421400902816983

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

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 Freedericksz 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.

引用

页码：164 / 177

页数：14

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