Generalized Morse wavelet for the determination of the birefringence of a liquid crystal cell

The generalized Morse wavelet (GMW) was improved as an alternative tool to determine the birefringence dispersion of a liquid crystal (LC) material by using the transmittance spectrum. The GMW has two degrees of freedom and the advantage of this additional degree of freedom was clearly exhibited in the simulation study. The validity of the presented method was shown by using the transmittance spectrum of the ZLI-6000 coded nematic LC and the acquired results were compared with the results of other methods. The noise immunity and uncertainty of the presented method were also studied. (paper)