Feasibility study on twisted nematic liquid-crystal cell with two cross-embedded wire-grid polarizers as alignment and electrode for projection displays

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 6558-6566

  Chen, Chin Yu ^a,b   Lo, Yu Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Southern Taiwan Science Park Administration   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRODES; HEAT RESISTANCE; ITO GLASS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; PLASTIC SHEETS; SUBSTRATES; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; TIN OXIDES;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INDIUM-TIN-OXIDE GLASS SUBSTRATES; PROJECTION DISPLAYS; RESISTANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SATURATION VOLTAGE; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; TWISTED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; TWISTED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 73649127625     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.006558     Document Type: Article

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