Optimized configuration for transmissive and reflective bistable chiral-splay nematic liquid crystal device
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 88 (18), 181101
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2198476
Abstract
The optimized configurations to use a bistable chiral-splay nematic liquid crystal cell as transmissive and reflective display are calculated using the Mueller matrix method. By numerical calculation, nontwist 0° splay state of bistable states is optimized so that the dark state is completely achieved over the entire visible-wavelength range. Based on the optimized conditions, we have experimentally demonstrated a high-contrast ratio of 200:1 in transmissive display and 40:1 in reflective display without using a wideband retardation film.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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