Optically optimized transmittive and reflective bistable twisted nematic liquid crystal displays
- 15 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 87 (2), 632-637
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.371918
Abstract
A new Mueller matrix approach is developed for the design of optical modes for all nematic liquid crystal displays (LCD). In particular, for linearly polarized light going into the LC cell, conditions for linear polarization and circular polarization outputs are obtained. By considering the switching between different polarization modes, new transmittive and reflective bistable twisted nematic (BTN) LCD operating conditions with optimized contrast and brightness are discovered. A passive matrix driven single polarizer reflective BTN display was fabricated with reasonably good measured optical performance and fast selection time.Keywords
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