Achromatic quarter-wave film using two chromatic wave plates and a twisted-nematic liquid-crystal cell

  • Di Wu*
  • , Qiong Hua Wang
  • , Da Hai Li
  • , Jian De Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An achromatic quarter-wave film using one twisted-nematic liquid-crystal (TNLC) cell, a chromatic half-wave plate, and a chromatic quarter-wave plate is presented. The Jones matrix is used to calculate the optical properties of the system. An optimal algorithm is used for optimizing the configuration parameters. Simulation results indicate that the designed configuration is capable of turning a linearly polarized light into perfectly circularly polarized light in the wavelength range 400-700 nm. The manufacturing tolerance of the cell gap and twisted angle of the TNLC are good.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13-16
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the Society for Information Display
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Achromatic λ/4 film
  • Jones matrix
  • Liquid crystal
  • Optimization

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