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Preface to the First Edition |
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Preface to the Second Edition |
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1 Liquid Crystal Physics |
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1.2 Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics |
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1.2.2 Boltzmann Distribution |
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1.2.3 Thermodynamic quantities |
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1.2.4 Criteria for thermodynamical equilibrium |
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1.3.1 Orientational order parameter |
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1.3.2 Landau-de Gennes theory of orientational order in nematic phase |
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1.4 Elastic Properties of Liquid Crystals |
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1.4.1 Elastic properties of nematic liquid crystals |
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1.4.2 Elastic properties of cholesteric liquid crystals |
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24 | (2) |
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1.4.3 Elastic properties of smectic liquid crystals |
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26 | (1) |
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1.5 Response of Liquid Crystals to Electromagnetic Fields |
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1.5.1 Magnetic susceptibility |
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1.5.2 Dielectric permittivity and refractive index |
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1.6 Anchoring Effects of Nematic Liquid Crystal at Surfaces |
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38 | (1) |
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1.7 Liquid crystal director elastic deformation |
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1.7.1 Elastic deformation and disclination |
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1.7.2 Escape of liquid crystal director in disclinations |
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42 | (6) |
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48 | (1) |
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2 Propagation of Light in Anisotropic Optical Media |
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51 | (3) |
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54 | (5) |
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2.2.1 Monochromatic plane waves and their polarization states |
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2.2.2 Linear polarization state |
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55 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Circular polarization states |
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2.2.4 Elliptical polarization state |
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56 | (3) |
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2.3 Propagation of Light in Uniform Anisotropic Optical Media |
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60 | (5) |
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2.3.2 Orthogonality of eigenmodes |
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2.4 Propagation of Light in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals |
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72 | (13) |
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72 | (9) |
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2.4.2 Reflection of cholesteric liquid crystals |
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81 | (3) |
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2.4.3 Lasing in cholesteric liquid crystals |
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3 Optical Modeling Methods |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (3) |
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3.1.3 Jones matrix of non-uniform birefringent film |
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91 | (1) |
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3.1.4 Optical properties of twisted nematic |
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3.2 Mueller Matrix Method |
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3.2.1 Partially polarized and unpolarized light |
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3.2.2 Measurement of the Stokes parameters |
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3.2.5 Evolution of the polarization states on the Poincare sphere |
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106 | (4) |
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3.2.6 Mueller matrix of twisted nematic liquid crystals |
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110 | (2) |
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3.2.7 Mueller matrix of non-uniform birefringence film |
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112 | (1) |
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3.3 Berreman 4 x 4 Method |
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113 | (11) |
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124 | (1) |
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4 Effects of Electric Field on Liquid Crystals |
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127 | (22) |
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4.1 Dielectric Interaction |
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127 | (5) |
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4.1.1 Reorientation under dielectric interaction |
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128 | (1) |
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4.1.2 Field-induced orientational order |
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129 | (3) |
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132 | (6) |
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4.2.1 Flexoelectric effect in nematic liquid crystals |
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132 | (4) |
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4.2.2 Flexoelectric effect in cholesteric liquid crystals |
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136 | (2) |
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4.3 Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal |
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138 | (8) |
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4.3.1 Symmetry and polarization |
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4.3.2 Tilt angle and polarization |
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140 | (1) |
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4.3.3 Surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals |
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141 | (3) |
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4.3.4 Electroclinic effect in chiral smectic liquid crystal |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (1) |
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5 Freedericksz Transition |
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5.1 Calculus of Variation |
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149 | (4) |
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5.1.1 One dimension and one variable |
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5.1.2 One dimension and multiple variables |
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5.2 Freedericksz Transition: Statics |
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5.2.4 Twisted nematic cell |
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5.2.5 Splay geometry with weak anchoring |
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164 | (1) |
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5.2.6 Splay geometry with pretilt angle |
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5.3 Measurement of Anchoring Strength |
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5.3.1 Polar anchoring strength |
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5.3.2 Azimuthal anchoring strength |
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169 | (2) |
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5.4 Measurement of Pretilt Angle |
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5.5 Freedericksz Transition: Dynamics |
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5.5.1 Dynamics of Freedericksz transition in twist geometry |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (6) |
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182 | (5) |
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187 | (1) |
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6 Liquid Crystal Materials |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (9) |
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6.2.1 Extended Cauchy equations |
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6.2.4 Temperature gradient |
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6.2.5 Molecular polarizabilities |
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6.3.1 Positive Ae liquid crystals for AMLCD |
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202 | (1) |
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6.3.2 Negative De liquid crystals |
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202 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Dual-frequency liquid crystals |
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6.6 Figure-of-Merit (FoM) |
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205 | (1) |
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6.7 Index Matching between Liquid Crystals and Polymers |
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206 | (4) |
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6.7.1 Refractive index of polymers |
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206 | (2) |
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6.7.2 Matching refractive index |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (1) |
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7 Modeling Liquid Crystal Director Configuration |
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213 | (22) |
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7.1 Electric Energy of Liquid Crystals |
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213 | (5) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (3) |
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7.1.3 Constant electric field |
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218 | (1) |
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7.2 Modeling Electric Field |
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218 | (3) |
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7.3 Simulation of Liquid Crystal Director Configuration |
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7.3.1 Angle representation |
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221 | (4) |
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7.3.2 Vector representation |
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225 | (3) |
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7.3.3 Tensor representation |
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228 | (4) |
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232 | (1) |
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8 Transmissive Liquid Crystal Displays |
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235 | (50) |
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235 | (1) |
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8.2 Twisted Nematic (TN) Cells |
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236 | (5) |
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8.2.1 Voltage-dependent transmittance |
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237 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Film-compensated TN cells |
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238 | (3) |
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241 | (1) |
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8.3 In-Plane Switching Mode |
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241 | (22) |
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8.3.1 Voltage-dependent transmittance |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (3) |
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246 | (1) |
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8.3.4 Classification of compensation films |
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246 | (1) |
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8.3.5 Phase retardation of uniaxial media at oblique angles |
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246 | (3) |
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8.3.6 Poincare sphere representation |
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249 | (1) |
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8.3.7 Light leakage of crossed polarizers at oblique view |
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250 | (4) |
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8.3.8 IPS with a positive a film and a positive c film |
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254 | (5) |
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8.3.9 IPS with positive and negative a films |
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259 | (4) |
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263 | (1) |
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8.4 Vertical Alignment Mode |
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263 | (3) |
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8.4.1 Voltage-dependent transmittance |
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263 | (1) |
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8.4.2 Optical response time |
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264 | (1) |
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8.4.3 Overdrive and undershoot voltage method |
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265 | (1) |
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8.5 Multi-Domain Vertical Alignment Cells |
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266 | (11) |
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8.5.1 MVA with a positive a film and a negative c film |
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269 | (4) |
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8.5.2 MVA with a positive a, a negative a, and a negative c film |
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273 | (4) |
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8.6 Optically Compensated Bend Cell |
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277 | (4) |
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8.6.1 Voltage-dependent transmittance |
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278 | (1) |
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8.6.2 Compensation films for OCB |
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281 | (2) |
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283 | (2) |
9 Reflective and Transflective Liquid Crystal Displays |
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285 | (36) |
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285 | (1) |
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9.2 Reflective Liquid Crystal Displays |
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286 | (4) |
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9.2.1 Film-compensated homogeneous cell |
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287 | (2) |
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9.2.2 Mixed-mode twisted nematic (MTN) cells |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (3) |
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9.3.1 Openings-on-metal transflector |
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290 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Half-mirror metal transflector |
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291 | (1) |
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9.3.3 Multilayer dielectric film transflector |
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292 | (1) |
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9.3.4 Orthogonal polarization transflectors |
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292 | (1) |
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9.4 Classification of Transflective LCDs |
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293 | (19) |
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9.4.1 Absorption-type transflective LCDs |
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294 | (2) |
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9.4.2 Scattering-type transflective LCDs |
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296 | (2) |
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9.4.3 Scattering and absorption type transflective LCDs |
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298 | (2) |
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9.4.4 Reflection-type transflective LCDs |
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9.4.5 Phase retardation type |
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302 | (10) |
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9.5 Dual-Cell-Gap Transflective LCDs |
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312 | (2) |
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9.6 Single-Cell-Gap Transflective LCDs |
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314 | (1) |
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9.7 Performance of Transflective LCDs |
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314 | (2) |
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314 | (1) |
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315 | (1) |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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316 | (5) |
10 Liquid Crystal Display Matrices, Drive Schemes and Bistable Displays |
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321 | (42) |
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321 | (1) |
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10.2 Passive Matrix Displays and Drive Scheme |
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322 | (4) |
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10.3 Active Matrix Displays |
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326 | (4) |
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328 | (1) |
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10.3.2 TFT operation principles |
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329 | (1) |
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10.4 Bistable Ferroelectric LCD and Drive Scheme |
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330 | (2) |
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10.5 Bistable Nematic Displays |
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332 | (10) |
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332 | (1) |
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10.5.2 Twisted-untwisted bistable nematic LCDs |
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333 | (6) |
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10.5.3 Surface-stabilized nematic liquid crystals |
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339 | (3) |
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10.6 Bistable Cholesteric Reflective Display |
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342 | (16) |
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342 | (2) |
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10.6.2 Optical properties of bistable Ch reflective displays |
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344 | (3) |
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10.6.3 Encapsulated cholesteric liquid crystal displays |
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347 | (1) |
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10.6.4 Transition between cholesteric states |
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347 | (8) |
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10.6.5 Drive schemes for bistable Ch displays |
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355 | (3) |
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358 | (1) |
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359 | (4) |
11 Liquid Crystal/Polymer Composites |
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363 | (50) |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (12) |
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365 | (4) |
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11.2.2 Phase diagram and thermal induced phase separation |
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369 | (2) |
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11.2.3 Polymerization induced phase separation |
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371 | (3) |
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11.2.4 Solvent-induced phase separation |
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374 | (2) |
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376 | (1) |
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11.3 Scattering Properties of LCPCs |
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377 | (6) |
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11.4 Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals |
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383 | (12) |
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11.4.1 Liquid crystal droplet configurations in PDLCs |
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383 | (2) |
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385 | (2) |
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11.4.3 Scattering PDLC devices |
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387 | (4) |
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11.4.4 Dichroic dye-doped PDLC |
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391 | (2) |
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393 | (2) |
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395 | (5) |
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11.5.1 Preparation of PSLCs |
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395 | (1) |
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11.5.2 Working modes of scattering PSLCs |
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396 | (4) |
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11.6 Scattering-Based Displays from LCPCs |
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400 | (3) |
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11.6.1 Reflective displays |
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400 | (2) |
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11.6.2 Projection displays |
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402 | (1) |
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11.6.3 Transmissive direct-view displays |
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403 | (1) |
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11.7 Polymer-Stabilized LCDs |
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403 | (4) |
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407 | (2) |
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409 | (4) |
12 Tunable Liquid Crystal Photonic Devices |
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413 | (32) |
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413 | (1) |
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414 | (5) |
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12.2.1 Optical phased array |
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415 | (2) |
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12.2.2 Prism-based beam steering |
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417 | (2) |
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12.3 Variable Optical Attenuators |
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419 | (4) |
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423 | (12) |
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12.4.1 Tunable-focus spherical lens |
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423 | (3) |
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12.4.2 Tunable-focus cylindrical lens |
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426 | (2) |
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12.4.3 Switchable positive and negative microlens |
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428 | (6) |
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12.4.4 Hermaphroditic LC microlens |
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434 | (1) |
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12.5 Polarization-Independent LC Devices |
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435 | (6) |
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12.5.1 Double-layered homogeneous LC cells |
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436 | (2) |
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12.5.2 Double-layered LC gels |
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438 | (3) |
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441 | (1) |
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442 | (3) |
13 Blue Phases of Chiral Liquid Crystals |
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445 | (32) |
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445 | (1) |
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13.2 Phase Diagram of Blue Phases |
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446 | (1) |
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13.3 Reflection of Blue Phases |
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447 | (4) |
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13.3.1 Basics of crystal structure and X-ray diffraction |
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447 | (2) |
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13.3.2 Bragg reflection of blue phases |
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449 | (2) |
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13.4 Structure of Blue Phase |
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451 | (20) |
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452 | (7) |
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459 | (12) |
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13.5 Optical Properties of Blue Phase |
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471 | (4) |
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471 | (1) |
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472 | (3) |
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475 | (1) |
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475 | (2) |
14 Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phase Liquid Crystals |
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477 | (36) |
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477 | (3) |
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14.2 Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phases |
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480 | (4) |
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482 | (1) |
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483 | (1) |
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484 | (12) |
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14.3.1 Extended Kerr effect |
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486 | (3) |
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489 | (1) |
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490 | (1) |
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14.3.4 Temperature effects |
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491 | (5) |
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14.4 Device Configurations |
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496 | (11) |
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14.4.1 In-plane-switching BPLCD |
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497 | (4) |
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14.4.2 Protruded electrodes |
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501 | (3) |
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504 | (1) |
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14.4.4 Single gamma curve |
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504 | (3) |
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14.5 Vertical Field Switching |
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507 | (3) |
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507 | (1) |
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14.5.2 Experiments and simulations |
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508 | (2) |
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510 | (1) |
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510 | (3) |
15 Liquid Crystal Display Components |
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513 | (1) |
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513 | (3) |
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516 | (1) |
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516 | (2) |
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518 | (1) |
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519 | (11) |
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15.6.1 Dichroic absorbing polarizer |
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520 | (1) |
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15.6.2 Dichroic reflective polarizer |
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521 | (9) |
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530 | (5) |
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15.7.1 Form birefringence compensation film |
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531 | (1) |
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15.7.2 Discotic liquid crystal compensation film |
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531 | (1) |
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15.7.3 Compensation film from rigid polymer chains |
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532 | (1) |
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15.7.4 Drawn polymer compensation film |
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533 | (2) |
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535 | (1) |
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536 | (3) |
16 Three-Dimensional Displays |
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539 | (26) |
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539 | (1) |
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16.2.1 Binocular disparity |
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539 | (1) |
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540 | (1) |
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16.3 Stereoscopic Displays |
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16.3.1 Head-mounted displays |
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542 | (1) |
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16.3.3 Time sequential stereoscopic displays with shutter glasses |
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542 | (2) |
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16.3.4 Stereoscopic displays with polarizing glasses |
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544 | (2) |
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16.4 Autostereoscopic Displays |
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546 | (7) |
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16.4.1 Autostereoscopic displays based on parallax barriers |
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546 | (4) |
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16.4.2 Autostereoscopic displays based on lenticular lens array |
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550 | (2) |
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16.4.3 Directional backlight |
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552 | (1) |
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553 | (1) |
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554 | (2) |
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556 | (4) |
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16.7.1 Swept volumetric displays |
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556 | (1) |
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16.7.2 Multi planar volumetric displays |
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557 | (3) |
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16.7.3 Points volumetric displays |
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560 | (1) |
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560 | (5) |
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