Viewing angle control mode using nematic bistability

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2663-2669

  Gwag, Jin Seog ^a   Lee, You Jin ^a   Kim, Myung Eun ^a   Kim, Jae Hoon ^a   Kim, Jae Chang ^b   Yoon, Tae Hoon ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

NARROW VIEWING ANGLE (NVA); VIEWING ANGLE CONTROL;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 39749142681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.002663     Document Type: Article

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