Modeling and Optimization of LCD Optical Performance

Hoi-Sing Kwok, Vladimir G. Chigrinov, Dmitry A. Yakovlev

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9780470689141
• eBook ISBN: 9781118706718
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Focusing on polarization matrix optics in many forms, this book includes coverage of a wide range of methods which have been applied to LCD modeling, ranging from the simple Jones matrix method to elaborate and high accuracy algorithms suitable for off-axis optics. Researchers and scientists are constantly striving for improved performance, faster response times, wide viewing angles, improved colour in liquid crystal display development, and with this comes the need to model LCD devices effectively. The authors have significant experience in dealing with the problems related to the practical application of liquid crystals, in particular their optical performance.

Key features:

• Explores analytical solutions and approximations to important cases in the matrix treatment of different LC layer configurations, and the application of these results to improve the computational method
• Provides the analysis of accuracies of the different approaches discussed in the book
• Explains the development of the Eigenwave Jones matrix method which offers a path to improved accuracy compared to Jones matrix and extended Jones matrix formalisms, while achieving significant improvement in computational speed and versatility compared to full 4x4 matrix methods
• Includes a companion website hosting the authors' program library LMOPTICS (FORTRAN 90), a collection of routines for calculating the optical characteristics of stratified media, the use of which allows for the easy implementation of the methods described in this book. The website also contains a set of sample programs (source codes) using LMOPTICS, which exemplify the application of these methods in different situations

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series
• Titlepage
• Copyright
• Dedication
• gSeries Editor's Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• About the Companion Website
• 1 Polarization of Monochromatic Waves. Background of the Jones Matrix Methods. The Jones Calculus
• 2 The Jones Calculus: Solutions for Ideal Twisted Structures and Their Applications in LCD Optics
• 3 Optical Equivalence Theorem
• 4 Electro-optical Modes: Practical Examples of LCD Modeling and Optimization
• 5 Necessary Mathematics. Radiometric Terms. Conventions. Various Stokes and Jones Vectors
• 6 Simple Models and Representations for Solving Optimization and Inverse Optical Problems. Real Optics of LC Cells and Useful Approximations
• 7 Some Physical Models and Mathematical Algorithms Used in Modeling the Optical Performance of LCDs
• 8 Modeling Methods Based on the Rigorous Theory of the Interaction of a Plane Monochromatic Wave with an Ideal Stratified Medium. Eigenwave (EW) Methods. EW Jones Matrix Method
• 9 Choice of Eigenwave Bases for Isotropic, Uniaxial, and Biaxial Media
• 10 Efficient Methods for Calculating Optical Characteristics of Layered Systems for Quasimonochromatic Incident Light. Main Routines of LMOPTICS Library
• 11 Calculation of Transmission Characteristics of Inhomogeneous Liquid Crystal Layers with Negligible Bulk Reflection
• 12 Some Approximate Representations in EW Jones Matrix Method and Their Application in Solving Optimization and Inverse Problems for LCDs
• 13 A Few Words About Modeling of Fine-Structure LCDs and the Direct Ray Approximation
• Appendix A LCD Modeling Software MOUSE-LCD Used for the HKUST Students Final Year Projects (FYP) from 2003 to 2011
• Appendix B Some Derivations and Examples
• Index
• End User License Agreement