Traditional matrix methods cannot accurately predict the optical performance of liquid crystal (LC) on silicon spatial light modulators if the LC distribution is complex. Employing JCmsuite, an improved finite-element method is developed by combining the scattering matrix method with the domain decomposition method.
P. J. Chen, et al. Finite element method for 3D optical modeling of liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator. Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XV, 113, 1130308 (2020).
DOI: 10.1117/12.2544783