Electro-optical response of the in-plane switching liquid crystal device fabricated using two-easyaxes substrate

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 9931-9938

  Huang, Chi Yen ^a   Hsieh, Chia Ting ^a   Tian, Jing Rui ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FABRICATION; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ANCHORING STRENGTHS; ELECTROOPTICAL RESPONSE; IN-PLANE SWITCHING (IPS); LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33750334557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009931     Document Type: Article

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