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Reflective Single‐Polarizer Bistable Nematic Liquid Crystal Display with Optimum Twist
Author(s) -
Kim Young Jin,
Zhuang Zhizhong,
Patel Jay S.
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 - 10.1889/1.1834161
Subject(s) - bistability , polarizer , liquid crystal , twist , optics , polarization (electrochemistry) , materials science , liquid crystal display , compensation (psychology) , optical bistability , high contrast , optoelectronics , birefringence , physics , nonlinear optics , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , psychology , laser , psychoanalysis
A single polarizer reflective liquid crystal display in a bistable twisted nematic configuration is proposed and experimentally reported. In the two bistable states, the twist angles are 63.6° and 423.6° which produce the dark and bright states, respectively. Numerical optimization of the polarization states is performed by using Mueller matrix of the cell studied. Our results show that high contrast display is possible using this configuration without any use of an optical compensation film.