Continuous viewing angle-tunable liquid crystal display using temperature-dependent birefringence layer

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 5426-5432

  Gwag, Jin Seog ^a   Han, In Young ^b   Yu, Chang Jae ^b   Choi, Hyun Chul ^c   Kim, Jae Hoon ^a,b  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c LG Display Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CONTROL TEMPERATURES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY(LCD); TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; VIEWING ANGLE; VIEWING-ANGLE CHARACTERISTICS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 65249177755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.005426     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. S. H. Lee, S. L. Lee, and H. Y. Kim, "Electro-optic characteristics and switching principle of a nematic liquid crystal cell controlled by fringe-field switching," Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 2881-2883 (1998).
2. T. Miyashita, Y. Yamaguchi, and T. Uchida, "Wide-Viewing-Angle Display Mode Using Bend-Alignment Liquid Crystal Cell," J. Appl. Phys. 34, L177-L179 (1995).
3. M. Oh-e and K. Kondo, "Electro-optical characteristics and switching behavior of the in-plane switching mode," Appl. Phys. Lett. 67, 3895-3897 (1995).
4. J. S. Gwag, K.-H. Park, J. L. Lee, J. C. Kim, and T.-H. Yoon, "Two-Domain Hybrid-Aligned Nematic Cell Fabricated by Ion Beam Treatment of Vertical Alignment Layer," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 44, 1875-1878 (2005).
5. P. J. Bos and K. R. Koehler-Beran, "The pi-cell: a fast liquid-crystal optical-switching device," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 113, 329-339 (1984).
6. J. S. Gwag, J. Fukuda, M. Yoneya, and H. Yokoyama, "ln-plane bistable nematic liquid crystal devices based on nanoimprinted surface relief," Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 073504 (2007).
7. J. S. Gwag, K. Shon, Y.-K. Kim, and J.-H. Kim, "Electro-optical characteristics of a chiral hybrid in-plane switching liquid crystal mode for high brightness," Opt. Express 16, 12220-12226 (2008).
8. R. Lu, Z. Ge, and S.-T. Wu, "Wide-view and single cell gap transflective liquid crystal display using slit- induced multidomain structure," Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 191102 (2008).
9. J. S. Gwag, J. Park, Y.-J. Lee, and J.-H. Kim, "Electro-optical characteristics of reflective liquid crystal mode using pi-cell for low power operation," Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 121103 (2008).
10. J. S. Gwag, Y.-J. Lee, J.-H. Kim, H. J. Lee, and M. H. Yi, "Single-mode transflective liquid crystal display tailored for wide-band single gamma curve," Opt. Express 16, 18102-18108 (2008).
11. K.-W. Chien, Y. -J. Hsu, and H.-M. Chen, "Dual Light Source for Backlight Systems for Smart Viewing- Adjustable LCDs," SID Int, Symp. Digest Tech. Papers 37, 1425-1428 (2006).
12. K. Takatoh, S. Kobayashi, S. Kimura, N. Okada, T Kanetsuna, N. Hirama, S. Kurogi, S. Sekiguchi, and K. Uemura, "New Peeping Prevention Technology to Control Viewing Angle Properties of TFT-LCDs," SID Int, Symp. Digest Tech. Papers 37, 1340-1343 (2006).
13. M. Adachi and M. Shimura, "Controllable Viewing -Angle Displays using a Hybrid Aligned Nematic Liquid Crystal Cell," SID Int, Symp. Digest Tech. Papers 37, 705-708 (2006).
14. J.-I. Baek, Y.-H. Kwon, J. C. Kim, and T. H. Yoon, "Dual-mode switching of a liquid crystal panel for viewing angle control," Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 101104 (2006).
15. E. Jeong, Y. J. Lim, J. M. Rhee, S. H. Lee, G.-D. Lee, K. H. Park, and H. C. Choi, "Viewing angle switching of vertical alignment liquid crystal displays by controlling birefringence of homogeneously aligned liquid crystal layer," Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 051116 (2007).
16. J. S. Gwag, Y.-J. Lee, M.-E. Kim, J.-H. Kim, J. C. Kim, and T.-H. Yoon, "Viewing angle control mode using nematic Instability," Opt. Express 16, 2663-2668 (2008).
17. J. Li, S. Gauza, and S.-T. Wu, "Temperature effect on liquid crystal refractive indices," J. Appl. Phys. 96, 19-24 (2004).
18. J. Li, and S.-T. Wu, "Extended Cauchy equations for the refractive indices of liquid crystals," J. Appl. Phys. 95, 896-901 (2004).