• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 8, 081203 (2017)
Che-Wen Chiang1、*, Ping-Chun Lin2, and Kei-Hsiung Yang2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Photonic System, National Chiao Tung University, Tainan City 71150, China
  • 2Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Tainan City 71105, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.081203 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Che-Wen Chiang, Ping-Chun Lin, Kei-Hsiung Yang. Entanglement-free determination of pretilt angles of twisted nematic liquid-crystal cells by phase measurement[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(8): 081203 Copy Citation Text show less
    Coordinates of the incident light and the schematic diagram of the TN medium within a TN cell.
    Fig. 1. Coordinates of the incident light and the schematic diagram of the TN medium within a TN cell.
    (Color online) Phase difference of the TN cell versus the incident angle by varying the pretilt angle as a parameter.
    Fig. 2. (Color online) Phase difference of the TN cell versus the incident angle by varying the pretilt angle as a parameter.
    Data diagram of the pretilt angle versus the extreme angle.
    Fig. 3. Data diagram of the pretilt angle versus the extreme angle.
    Configuration of the out-of-plane crystal rotation for the measurements.
    Fig. 4. Configuration of the out-of-plane crystal rotation for the measurements.
    Experimental phase versus the incident angle curves.
    Fig. 5. Experimental phase versus the incident angle curves.
    Solid curves are the results of the calculation by the extended Jones matrix method.
    Fig. 6. Solid curves are the results of the calculation by the extended Jones matrix method.
    Refractive IndexCell gap (μm)Twist angle (deg.)
    ne1.6003.390 (4545)
    no1.490
    Wavelength λ (nm)633
    Table 1. TN LC Cell Parameters
    AuthorsPretilt angle (deg.)
    Birecki and Kahn [7]5.70±0.1
    Wang and Yang [9]4.95±0.1
    This work4.90±0.1
    Table 2. Experimental Results: Pretilt Angle Measured by OPR Methods
    Che-Wen Chiang, Ping-Chun Lin, Kei-Hsiung Yang. Entanglement-free determination of pretilt angles of twisted nematic liquid-crystal cells by phase measurement[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(8): 081203
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