Based on the distinctive characteristics observed in the intensity transmittance of an IPS-LC panel, the previous one-dimensional model is greatly reduced such that only a few data points and their interpolations predict the intensity transmittance of an IPS-LCD with a small error for arbitrary gray levels. Experimental procedure and numerical methods are described in detail.

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1. N. Aoki, S. Komura, T. Furuhashi, M. Adachi, O. Itou, T. Miyazawa, and M. Ohkura, "Advanced IPS technology for mobile applications," J. Soc. Info. Display 15/1, 23-29 (2007). [CrossRef]
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Appl. Opt.

• E. E. Kriezis and S. J. Elston, "Wide-angle beam propagation method for liquid-crystal device calculations," Appl. Opt. 39, 5707-5714 (2000). [CrossRef]
• H. Kim and Y. H. Lee, "Unique measurement of the parameters of a twisted-nematic liquid-crystal display," Appl. Opt. 44, 1642-1649 (2005). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt.

• H. J. Cho, D. H. Kim, and Y. H. Lee, "A simple distribution model of the twist angle in an in-plane switching liquid crystal display," J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 11, 105409 (2009). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am.

• K. Rokushima and J. Yamakita, "Analysis of anisotropic dielectric gratings," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 73, 901-908 (1983). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A

• O. A. Peverini, D. Olivero, C. Oldano, D. K. G. de Boer, R. Cortie, R. Orta, and R. Tascone, "Reduced-order model technique for the analsis of anisotropic inhomogeneous media: application to liquid-crystal display," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 19, 1901-1909 (2002).
• B. Witzigmann, P. Regli, and W. Fichtner, "Rigorous electromagnetic simulation of liquid crystal displays," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15, 753-757 (1998). [CrossRef]

J. Soc. Info. Display

• N. Aoki, S. Komura, T. Furuhashi, M. Adachi, O. Itou, T. Miyazawa, and M. Ohkura, "Advanced IPS technology for mobile applications," J. Soc. Info. Display 15/1, 23-29 (2007). [CrossRef]

Opt. Comm.

• E. E. Kriezis and S. J. Elston, "Finite-difference time domain method for light wave propagation within liquid crystal devices," Opt. Comm. 165, 99-105 (1999). [CrossRef]
• M. Yamauchi and T. Eiju, "Optimization of twisted-nematic liquid-crystal panels for spatial light phase modulation," Opt. Comm. 115, 19-25 (1995). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. A

• D. W. Berreman and S. Meiboom, "Tensor representation of Oseen-Frank strain energy in uniaxial cholesterics," Phys. Rev. A 30, 1955-1959 (1984). [CrossRef]

SID 05 Digest

• D. A. Yakovlev, V. I. Tsoy, and V. G. Chigrinov, "Advanced tools for modeling of 2D-optics of LCDs," SID 05 Digest, 58-61 (2005).

Other

• P. G. de Gennes and J. Prost, The Physics of Liquid Crystals (Oxford Science, Oxford, UK, 1993).

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