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AssigneesMeiryo Technica Corporation, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuyuki Kurata, Takahiro Nishioka, Yoshihiro Togashi, Susumu Sato
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An apparatus for detecting a pretilt angle is comprised of a light source 1, a polarizer 2, a liquid-crystal cell 3, a quarter-wave plate 4, an analyzer 5, a photodetector 6, and a processing device. The processing device receives from the photodetector transmitted light intensities of light that is transmitted through the liquid-crystal cell 3 at a plurality of light incident angles. The processing device calculates Stokes parameters corresponding to the plurality of light incident angles based upon the transmitted light intensity corresponding to the plurality of light incident angles. Furthermore, an apparent retardation corresponding to the plurality of light incident angles is determined based upon the Stokes parameters corresponding to the plurality of light incident angles. The pretilt angle of the liquid-crystal cell 3 is determined based upon the determined apparent retardation corresponding to the plurality of light incident angles.
A method for detecting a pretilt angle of an element in which the direction of orientation of molecules is twisted from a light incident side to light outgoing side, the method comprising:
A method for detecting a pretilt angle of an element in which the direction of orientation of molecules is twisted from a light incident side to a light outgoing side, the method comprising:
An apparatus for detecting a pretilt angle arranged in the following sequence:
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