Diffraction on periodic surface microrelief grating with positive or negative optical anisotropy.

Diffraction optical elements (DOE) are important elements of systems for images displaying and processing. The DOE materials with both positive and negative birefringence enhance performances and functionality of such systems. We have calculated the diffraction of rays passing through optically anisotropic grating with surface microrelief by using our original Exedeep software.

Optical properties of hybrid aligned nematic cells with different pretilt angles.

The phase retardation difference, ΔΦ, is calculated for hybrid liquid crystal (LC) cells as a function of LC pretilt angles, θ0(1), θ0(2), on the opposite substrates of the cell for the case of an arbitrary angle of light incidence in the range from 0 to 90°. An LC director configuration is suggested for its application in optical compensators. Design and fabrication methods of hybrid aligned nematic (HAN) cells with an arbitrary LC pretilt angle are described.

Measurement of the liquid crystal pretilt angle in cells with homogeneous and inhomogeneous liquid crystal director configuration.

Optical and electro-optical methods of liquid crystal (LC) director pretilt angle measurement are described for LC cells with homogeneous and inhomogeneous LC director distribution. The LC pretilt on both LC substrates can have the same or opposite direction. The phase retardation difference of both extraordinary and ordinary polarized rays passing through an LC cell with homogeneous and inhomogeneous LC director distribution has been calculated versus the LC pretilt angle θ(0) on the cell's substrates in the range 0≤θ(0)≤90°.