New photo-aligning and photo-patterning technology: Superthin internal polarizers, retarders and aligning layers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4463, Issue , 2001, Pages 117-131

  Chigrinov, V G ^a   Kwok, H S ^a   Yip, W C ^a   Kozenkov, V M ^a   Prudnikova, E K ^a   Tang, B ^a   Salhi, F ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Azodye materials; Internal polarizer; Liquid crystal; Order parameter; Phase retarder; Photo aligning; Photo patterning

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AZO DYES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

PHOTO-ALIGNING; PHOTO-PATTERNING;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0035765487     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.449941     Document Type: Conference Paper

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