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Phase Modulation Capability of Thin Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Panels at Double-Pass Configurations

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Spatial light modulators whose phase modulation capability (PMC) exceeds 2π are strongly desirable. A double-pass configuration was evaluated to enhance PMC of twisted nematic liquid crystal panels. Theoretical analysis using Jones calculus is given, and it is proved that phase modulation is exactly doubled when the panel is sandwiched by two polarizers. Experiments to measure the PMC were carried out and results coincide well with the theory.

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  1. Optical Engineering Division, Applied Physics and Information Science Department, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

    Makoto Yamauchi & Tomoaki Elju

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Presented at the International Commission of Optics Topical Meeting, Kyoto, 1994.

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Yamauchi, M., Elju, T. Phase Modulation Capability of Thin Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Panels at Double-Pass Configurations. OPT REV 2, 24–27 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-995-0024-z

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