PACS: 61.30.- v, 78.20.- e Simulation of obliquely incident light propagation through a general twisted nematic liquid crystal cell by the Jones matrix technique S. Valyukh, A. Slobodyanyuk*, V. Sorokin Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. 2000. V. 3, N 2. P. 258-263. Abstract. The simple Jones matrix technique was applied for finding intensity of obliquely incident light that passes through a plate of a uniaxial uniform medium that later was extended to general twisted nematic liquid crystal medium. Results of calculations were compared with the Berreman 4´4 matrix technique. Shown is the way of finding contrast viewing characteristics of nematic liquid-crystal displays. The obtained results are compared with experimental data. Keywords: stratified anisotropic medium, Jones matrix, twisted nematic liquid crystal, display Paper received 15.12.99; revised manuscript received 21.01.00; accepted for publication 21.03.00. [Contents] |