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Sluijter, M. (author), Xu, M. (author), Urbach, H.P. (author), De Boer, D.K.G. (author)We study the applicability of geometrical optics to inhomogeneous dielectric nongyrotropic optically anisotropic media typically found in in-plane liquid-crystal configurations with refractive indices no=1.5 and ne=1.7. To this end, we compare the results of advanced ray- and wave-optics simulations of the propagation of an incident plane wave...journal article 2010
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Sluijter, M. (author), Herzog, A. (author), De Boer, D.K.G. (author), Krijn, M.P.C.M. (author), Urbach, P.H. (author)For the first time, to our knowledge, we report ray-tracing simulations of an advanced liquid-crystal gradientindex lens structure for application in switchable two-dimensional/three-dimensional (3D) autostereoscopic displays. We present ray-tracing simulations of the angular-dependent lens action. From the results we conclude that the lens...journal article 2009
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Sluijter, M. (author), De Boer, D.K.G. (author), Urbach, H.P. (author)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...journal article 2009
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Sluijter, M. (author), De Boer, D.K.G. (author), Urbach, H.P. (author)We present simulations of a novel liquid-crystal-based electro-optical device that enables a switching effect owing to a backreflection phenomenon. In the simulations, we exploit the optical properties of a liquid-crystal layer with a Freédericksz alignment in an unconventional way. The resulting switching effect of the proposed optical design...journal article 2008
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Sluijter, M. (author), De Boer, D.K.G. (author), Braat, J.J.M. (author)Uniaxial optical anisotropy in the geometrical-optics approach is a classical problem, and most of the theory has been known for at least fifty years. Although the subject appears frequently in the literature, wave propagation through inhomogeneous anisotropic media is rarely addressed. The rapid advances in liquid-crystal lenses call for a good...journal article 2008