Optical configuration of a horizontal-switching liquid-crystal cell for improvement of the viewing angle

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 28, 2006, Pages 7279-7285

  Lee, Joun Ho ^a   Choi, Hyunchul ^a   Lee, Seung Hee ^b   Kim, Jae Chang ^c   Lee, Gi Dong ^d  

^a LG Display Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

DIAGONAL VIEWING ANGLE; GEOMETRIC CALCULATIONS; HORIZONTAL-SWITCHING CELL; IN-PLANE SWITCHING CELLS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33750851337     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.007279     Document Type: Article

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