Correlation between the optical performance of the reflective polarizer and the structure of LCD backligeht

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-260

  Yu, Mi Yeon ^a   Lee, Byung Woo ^a   Lee, Jeong Ho ^a   Ko, Jae Hyeon ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Backlight unit (BLU); Gain factor; Liquid crystal display (LCD); Loss factor; Reflective polarizer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849109011     PISSN: 12264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3807/JOSK.2009.13.2.256     Document Type: Article

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