Micro-optics for liquid crystal displays applications

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-76

  Shieh, Han Ping D ^a,c   Huang, Yi Pai ^a,b   Chien, Ko Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^c Society for Information Display (SID)   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cholesteric; Focusing foil; Grooved lightguide; Image enhanced reflector; Light control film; Micro tube array; Microlens array; Random grating; Sub wavelength grating; Three dimensional (3 D) display; Transflective

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC; FOCUSING FOIL; GROOVED LIGHTGUIDE; IMAGE-ENHANCED REFLECTOR; LIGHT CONTROL FILM; MICRO-TUBE ARRAY; MICROLENS ARRAY; RANDOM GRATING; SUB-WAVELENGTH GRATING; TRANSREFLECTIVE;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MICROLENSES; OILS AND FATS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MICROOPTICS;

EID: 27744511557     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2005.852504     Document Type: Article

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