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LP‐L: Late‐News Poster: Novel Configuration of the Zenithal Bistable Nematic Liquid‐Crystal Device
Author(s) -
Jones J. C.,
Wood E. L.,
BryanBrown G. P.,
Hui V. C.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.1833899
Subject(s) - bistability , liquid crystal , grating , optical bistability , materials science , optoelectronics , optics , physics , nonlinear optics , laser
Zenithal Bistable Devices (ZBD) are grating aligned nematic liquid crystal devices‐which retain the written image after removal of the field and despite mechanical stress. This makes them a most suitable candidate for application in high information content, plastic displays. A novel ZBD configuration is reported which offers significantly improved optical performance, particularly whilst the image is being updated.