Crucial influences of K33/K11 ratio on viewing angle of display mode using a bend-alignment liquid-crystal cell with a compensator

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1461-1463

  Kuo, Chen Lung ^a   Miyashita, Tetsuya ^a   Suzuki, Makoto ^a   Uchida, Tatsuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FREE ENERGY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

CRITICAL SPLAY TO BEND TRANSITION; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; GRAY SCALE PERFORMANCE; MAUGUIN CONDITIONS; OPTICALLY COMPENSATED BEND MODES; VIEWING ANGLE;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0030109486     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.116254     Document Type: Article

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