Print Email Facebook Twitter Ray-optics analysis of inhomogeneous biaxially anisotropic media Title Ray-optics analysis of inhomogeneous biaxially anisotropic media Author Sluijter, M. De Boer, D.K.G. Urbach, H.P. Faculty Applied Sciences Department Imaging Science and Technology Date 2009-01-28 Abstract Firm evidence of the biaxial nematic phase in liquid crystals, not induced by a magnetic or electric field, has been established only recently. The discovery of these biaxially anisotropic liquid crystals has opened up new areas of both fundamental and applied research. The advances in biaxial liquid crystal-related topics call for a good overview on the propagation of waves through biaxially anisotropic media. Although the literature sporadically discusses biaxial interfaces, the propagation of waves through inhomogeneous biaxially anisotropic bulk materials has never been fully addressed. For this reason, we present a novel ray-tracing method for inhomogeneous biaxially anisotropic media. In the geometrical-optics approach, we clearly show how to assess the optical properties of inhomogeneous biaxially anisotropic media in three dimensions. Subject anisotropic optical materialsliquid crystalsbirefringenceinhomogeneous elements in optical systemsray trajectories in inhomogeneous mediainhomogeneous optical media To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4bb0c61a-01ce-4060-ba03-8152dd9c99ea DOI https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.26.000317 Publisher Optical Society of America ISSN 1084-7529 Source http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?uri=josaa-26-2-317 Source Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 26 (2), 2009 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2009 Optical Society of America Files PDF Urbach_2009.pdf 818.47 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:4bb0c61a-01ce-4060-ba03-8152dd9c99ea/datastream/OBJ/view