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Preface to the First Edition. |
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Chapter 1. Preliminaries. |
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1.1. Basic Components of LCDs. |
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1.2 Properties of Liquid Crystals. |
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Chapter 2. Polarization of Optical Waves. |
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2.1. Monochromatic Plane Waves and Their Polarization States. |
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2.2. Complex Number Representation. |
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2.3. Jones Vector Representation. |
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2.4. Partially Polarized and Unpolarized Light. |
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Chapter 3. Electromagnetic Propagation in Anisotropic Media. |
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3.1. Maxwell Equations and Dielectric Tensor. |
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3.2. Plane Waves in Homogeneous Media and Normal Surface. |
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3.3. Light Propagation in Uniaxial Media. |
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3.4. Double Refraction at a Boundary. |
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3.5. Anisotropic Absorption and Polarizers. |
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3.6. Optical Activity and Faraday Rotation. |
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3.7. Light Propagation in Biaxial Media. |
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Chapter 4. Jones Matrix Method. |
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4.1. Jones Matrix Formulation. |
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4.2. Intensity Transmission Spectrum. |
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4.3. Optical Properties of TN-LC (Adiabatic Following or Waveguiding). |
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4.4. Phase Retardation at Oblique Incidence. |
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4.6. Reflection Property of a General TN-LCD with a Back Mirror. |
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4.7. Phase Retardation of a Biaxial Plate. |
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4.8. Achromatic Wave Plates. |
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4.9. Broadband Quasi-Circular Polarizers. |
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4.10. Wide Field-of-View Elements. |
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Chapter 5. Liquid Crystal Displays. |
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5.5. Nematic Liquid Crystal Display (N-LCD) Modes. |
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5.6. Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Displays (PD-LCDs). |
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5.9. Projection Displays. |
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5.10. Other Display Systems. |
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Chapter 6. Matrix Addressing, Colors, and Properties of LCDs. |
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6.1. Multiplexed Displays. |
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6.2. Active Matrix (AM) Displays. |
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6.3. Optical Throughput of TFT-LCDs. |
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Chapter 7. Optical Properties of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals. |
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7.1. Optical Phenomena in CLCs. |
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7.2. Dielectric Tensor of an Ideal CLC. |
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7.3. Exact Solutions at Normal Incidence. |
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7.4. Bragg Regime (nop < λ < nep)—Coupled-Mode Analysis. |
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7.5. Mauguin Regime (λ pΔn). |
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Chapter 8. Extended Jones Matrix Method. |
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8.1. Mathematical Formulation and Applications. |
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8.2. Another Extended Jones Matrix Method. |
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8.3. 4 × 4 Matrix Method. |
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8.4. General Properties of A 4 × 4 Matrix. |
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8.5. Mueller Matrix Algebra and Jones Matrix Algebra. |
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8.6. Reciprocity Theorem in Anisotropic Layered Media. |
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Chapter 9. Optical Compensators for Liquid Crystal Displays. |
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9.1. Viewing Angle Characteristics of LCDs. |
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9.2. Origin of Leakage of Light in LCDs and Compensators. |
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9.3. LCDs with Compensators. |
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9.4. Compensation Film with Positive Birefringence (O-Plate). |
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9.5. Biaxial Compensation Film. |
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9.6. Materials for Optical Phase Retardation Compensation. |
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Appendix A. Elastic and Electromagnetic Energy Density. |
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Appendix B. Electro-Optical Distortion—Tilt Mode. |
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Appendix C. Electro-Optical Distortion—Twist Mode. |
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Appendix D. Electro-Optical Distortion in a TN-LC. |
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Appendix E. Electro-Optical Distortion in an STN-LC. |
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Appendix F. Form Birefringence of Composite Media. |
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Appendix G. Spherical Trigonometry. |
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Appendix H. Mie Scattering and Diffusers. |
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Appendix I. Variational Principles and Lagrange’s Equations. |
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