Turning film for widening the viewing angle of a blue phase liquid crystal display

    Authors

    J. Yan; D. M. Xu; H. C. Cheng; S. T. Wu; Y. F. Lan;C. Y. Tsai

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Appl. Optics

    Keywords

    MODE; LCDS; Optics

    Abstract

    We report a new turning film structure for widening the viewing angle of a vertical-field-switching blue-phase liquid crystal display, which employs a directional backlight. The turning film consists of periodic prismatic structures: each period has three prisms with different base angles so that the output light can be spread to a larger angle. Simulation results show that a full width at half-maximum of +/- 80 degrees in the horizontal direction and +/- 45 degrees in the vertical direction can be achieved. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Applied Optics

    Volume

    52

    Issue/Number

    36

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    8840

    Last Page

    8844

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000328948300025

    ISSN

    1559-128X

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