Optical configuration of a horizontal-switching liquid-crystal cell for improvement of the viewing angle

  • Joun Ho Lee*
  • , Hyunchul Choi
  • , Seung Hee Lee
  • , Jae Chang Kim
  • , Gi Dong Lee
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We propose an optical configuration of a horizontal-switching liquid-crystal cell, consisting of a splayed liquid-crystal cell and uniaxial films, to improve the viewing angle characteristics by compensating for the phase dispersion in a diagonal direction. The optical design of the proposed configuration was performed on a Poincaré sphere with geometric calculations. By fabricating in-plane switching cells with the introduced configuration, we demonstrated their optical performances. As a result, we found that the diagonal viewing angle of the proposed horizontal-switching cell could be increased by 80% compared to a symmetrical viewing cone.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7279-7285
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Optics
Volume45
Issue number28
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006.10.1

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Engineering - Electrical & Electronic
  • Engineering - Petroleum
  • Physics & Astronomy

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