Project

Simulation and measurements of liquid crystal devices with micrometer-scale variations for diffractive optics applications

Code
01D20507
Duration
01 October 2007 → 01 October 2008
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Applied mathematics in specific fields
  • Engineering and technology
    • Modelling
    • Multimedia processing
    • Materials science and engineering
Keywords
liquid crystal displays diffractive optics liquid crystals
 
Project description

This work is an experimental and theoretical study of a light moedulator based on liquid crystals, where the pixel size approaches the light wavelength. Therefore, the existing three-dimensional for molecule orientation is extended and the two-dimensional Wide angle Beam Propagation simulation method is extended to three dimensions in order to describe the complex optical propagation through the system.