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Demonstration of the Waveguide Based Liquid Crystal Display
Author(s) -
Yuan Haijun,
PalffyMuhoray Peter
Publication year - 1999
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 - 10.1889/1.1834125
Subject(s) - polarizer , liquid crystal , waveguide , optics , materials science , viewing angle , liquid crystal display , optoelectronics , scattering , intensity (physics) , physics , birefringence
We demonstrate a waveguide based liquid crystal display. Instead of using polarizers to control light intensity, high optical efficiency is obtained by using a liquid crystal to switch light out of a waveguide. Wide viewing angle is obtained by using a scattering screen.