Open AccessOptical design for single-mode and single-cell gap transflective liquid crystal displays
Author(s) -
Gyu Jin Choi,
Jin Hyuk Kwon,
Jonghoon Yi,
Hiroshi Yokoyama,
Jin Seog Gwag
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.24.001624
Subject(s) - materials science , optics , electrode , optoelectronics , liquid crystal , wavelength , refractive index , liquid crystal display , waveplate , laser , chemistry , physics
Generally, for transflective liquid crystal displays with different modes and different cell gaps between the refractive and transmissive parts, precise process control to pattern the electrode and match the cell gaps may reduce the yield and thus, require high cost. This paper proposes a simple transflective liquid crystal display with a single-mode and single-cell thickness without a patterned electrode to achieve better productivity. The proposed transflective liquid crystal display consists of three half-wave retardation films, two quarter-wave retardation films, and an LC layer, whose optical performance was confirmed by both simulation and experiment. The optimal optical configuration to obtain an excellent dark state in the visible range was determined by the Mueller matrices calculus, which was applied to each optical component. The calculated and experimental results showed that the proposed transflective LC structure has excellent electro-optical properties and is expected to have many liquid crystal display applications.