Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 8, Issue 12, 1171(2010)
Viewing angle characteristics of a nematic liquid crystal cell with two crossed-grating surface substrates
Liquid crystal in a nematic liquid crystal cell surface with two crossed-grating surface substrates can be oriented along the normal grating direction with given geometric parameters of groove and anchoring strength. This display is equivalent to multi-domain vertical-alignment mode. It has a relatively wide viewing angle. In this letter, we investigate the viewing angle characteristics of this kind of cell. The viewing angle dependence of contrast ratio is obtained using the extended Jones matrix method, which also considers the flexoelectric effect. The viewing angle is dependent on the geometric parameter of grating surface, the flexoelectric coefficients, and the anchoring strength. Therefore, appropriate value for each factor needs to be selected to obtain a better viewing angle of this cell.
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Wenjiang Ye, Hongyu Xing, Zhi Ren, Zhidong Zhang, Yubao Sun, Guoying Chen, "Viewing angle characteristics of a nematic liquid crystal cell with two crossed-grating surface substrates," Chin. Opt. Lett. 8, 1171 (2010)
Received: Jun. 10, 2010
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Published Online: Dec. 21, 2010
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