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Rigorous analysis of an electric-field-driven liquid crystal lens for 3D displays

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We numerically analyzed the optical performance of an electric field driven liquid crystal (ELC) lens adopted for 3-dimensional liquid crystal displays (3D-LCDs) through rigorous ray tracing. For the calculation, we first obtain the director distribution profile of the liquid crystals by using the Erickson-Leslie motional equation; then, we calculate the transmission of light through the ELC lens by using the extended Jones matrix method. The simulation was carried out for a 9view 3D-LCD with a diagonal of 17.1 inches, where the ELC lens was slanted to achieve natural stereoscopic images. The results show that each view exists separately according to the viewing position at an optimum viewing distance of 80 cm. In addition, our simulation results provide a quantitative explanation for the ghost or blurred images between views observed from a 3D-LCD with an ELC lens. The numerical simulations are also shown to be in good agreement with the experimental results. The present simulation method is expected to provide optimum design conditions for obtaining natural 3D images by rigorously analyzing the optical functionalities of an ELC lens.

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  1. Department of Electronic Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, 402-751, Korea

    Bong-Sik Kim, Seung-Chul Lee & Woo-Sang Park

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Kim, BS., Lee, SC. & Park, WS. Rigorous analysis of an electric-field-driven liquid crystal lens for 3D displays. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 65, 392–398 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.65.392

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