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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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Xu, M. (author), Urbach, H.P. (author), De Boer, D.K.G. (author)A color and polarization separating backlight can be obtained by using a surface-relief grating made of birefringent material as an outcoupling structure on top of the lightguide. A rigorous finite element diffraction model was applied to study the polarization effect of such a grating. The diffraction of plane waves by the anisotropic grating...journal article 2007