Wideband and wide-view circular polarizer for a transflective vertical alignment liquid crystal display

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3875-3882

  Moon, Je Wook ^a   Kang, Wan Seok ^a   Han, Hag Yong ^a   Kim, Sung Min ^b   Lee, Seung Hee ^b   Gyu Jang, Yong ^c   Lee, Chul Heon ^d   Lee, Gi Dong ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Mobile Display Co   (South Korea)

^d Busan College of Information Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; OBLIQUE DIRECTION; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL CONFIGURATIONS; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT; VERTICAL-ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; VISIBLE-WAVELENGTH RANGE;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 77955857672     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003875     Document Type: Article

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