Optical property simulation of liquid crystal on silicon based on finite-difference time-domain method

Hao Li; Chuan Shen; Lei Ni; Kaifeng Liu; Sui Wei

doi:10.1117/12.2069843

21 August 2014 Optical property simulation of liquid crystal on silicon based on finite-difference time-domain method

Hao Li, Chuan Shen, Lei Ni, Kaifeng Liu, Sui Wei

Proceedings Volume 9283, 7th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Design, Manufacturing, and Testing of Micro- and Nano-Optical Devices and Systems; 92830M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2069843
Event: 7th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies (AOMATT 2014), 2014, Harbin, China

Abstract

In the design and development of Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS), one can predict possible problems and propose according solutions with calculating the director and optical characteristics of the liquid crystal. The optical property of LCoS is calculated with the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method (FDTD) in this paper. The diffraction characteristics are exactly analyzed with incident plane wave and the computational space terminations are provided by a combination of the perfectly matched layer (PML) and periodic boundary conditions (PBC). The influences on optical properties of LCoS with different interpixel gap, pretilt angle and thickness are studied. The result shows that diffraction efficiency is greatly affected by the thickness of cell. It’s significant and offer reference for the design and manufacture of LCoS.

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Hao Li, Chuan Shen, Lei Ni, Kaifeng Liu, and Sui Wei "Optical property simulation of liquid crystal on silicon based on finite-difference time-domain method", Proc. SPIE 9283, 7th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Design, Manufacturing, and Testing of Micro- and Nano-Optical Devices and Systems, 92830M (21 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2069843

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