Electro-optical characteristics of a chiral hybrid in-plane switching liquid crystal mode for high brightness

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 12220-12226

  Gwag, Jin Seog ^a   Sohn, Kyunghwa ^a   Kim, Young Ki ^a   Kim, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LUMINANCE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CONTRAST RATIO; DARK STATE; ELECTRO-OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH BRIGHTNESS; IN-PLANE SWITCHING; INTER-DIGITATED ELECTRODES; LC ALIGNMENT; OPTIC AXIS;

SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DATA DISPLAY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 49149128144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012220     Document Type: Article

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