New Photo-Aligned Multi-Domain Liquid Crystal Display Formed Utilizing a Liquid Crystal Polarizer
- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 37 (11B) , L1393-1395
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.37.l1393
Abstract
We developed a new photo-aligned multi-domain liquid crystal display formed utilizing a liquid crystal polarizer (LCP). The LCP was fabricated using double ultraviolet light (UV) exposure and special liquid crystal materials. Any desired multi-domain liquid crystal configuration can be fabricated with a single UV exposure through the LCP. The resulting multi-domain liquid crystal cell made using the LCP showed high resolution with the identical pattern of the LCP and with a high dichroic ratio, comparable to liquid crystal cells made by rubbing.Keywords
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