Viewing angle controllable displays with a blue-phase liquid crystal cell

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 3143-3148

  Rao, Linghui ^a   Ge, Zhibing ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; LCD PANELS; NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; PHASE LIQUIDS; VIEWING ANGLE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 76149088423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.003143     Document Type: Article

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