Analysis of wave diffraction in a periodically bent nematic liquid crystal

Autor: Katsu Rokushima, Shizuo Mori, Jiro Yamakita, Hirofumi Teraguchi
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 7:1562
ISSN: 1520-8532
1084-7529
DOI: 10.1364/josaa.7.001562
Popis: Diffraction properties of a periodically bent nematic liquid crystal (PBNLC) are analyzed by using the previous theory for periodic liquid crystals [ J. Opt. Soc. Am. A4, 27 ( 1987)]. Wave propagation in the PBNLC is described by coupled-wave equations in a matrix form, and the diffraction and dispersion properties of the PBNLC are given. Approximate two-wave analysis taking into account the boundary effect is also derived, and good agreements between the approximate and rigorous solutions are shown.
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