Abstract
— A new method for determining the thickness, twist angle, and azimuth of the director for a substrate with twisted-nematic (TN) and super-twisted-nematic (STN) liquid-crystal (LC) cells has been proposed. The measurement was carried out by using an optical system which consisted of a monochromatic light source, polarizer, rotating analyzer, and software programs. The polarization transfer matrix, or Jones matrix, of a TN or an STN LC cell is formulated by the Fourier coefficient of the signal that is modulated by the rotating analyzer. These three alignment parameters are derived directly from components of the Jones matrix. We made a special effort to design the system to ensure accurate, stable, and quick measurement. Thus, the three parameters were determined simultaneously within a few seconds with good reproducibility; e.g., the standard deviation of the twist angle in the TN cell is 0.02° or less.
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