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The transmission of a LCD for normal incident light can be simply calc
ulated by a clever use of the Jones calculus. Several cases are treate
d in different ways. The results for a few examples are compared with
the more general simulations according to the 4 x 4 Berreman method, w
hich also takes internal reflections into account. Our fast optical ca
lculations are useful when predicted molecular distributions should be
confronted with experimental optical spectra.