Zigzag Electrodes for Suppressing the Color Shift of Kerr Effect-Based Liquid Crystal Displays

Author

Rao, Linghui ; Ge, Zhibing ; Wu, Shin-Tson

Author_Institution

Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

Volume

6

Issue

4

fYear

2010

fDate

4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

115

Lastpage

120

Abstract

The electro-optic properties of Kerr effect based liquid crystal display (LCD) with zigzag electrode structure are studied using a three-dimensional simulator. The optimal bending angle of the zigzag in-plane switching (IPS) electrodes is found to be 90^Â° , which is different from the conventional strip electrodes. Although the zigzag structure exhibits a slightly lower transmittance than the strip IPS electrodes, it significantly suppresses the color shift while providing a relatively wide viewing angle.

Keywords

electro-optical devices; electrodes; liquid crystal displays; optical Kerr effect; optical testing; spectral line shift; Kerr effect based liquid crystal display; color shift suppression; electro-optic properties; optimal bending angle; three-dimensional simulation; viewing angle; zigzag electrodes; zigzag in-plane switching electrodes; Birefringence; Computer displays; Delay; Electrodes; High speed optical techniques; Kerr effect; Liquid crystal displays; Nonlinear optics; Optical saturation; Strips; Blue phase (BP); Kerr effect; color shift; fast response time; in-plane switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Display Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1551-319X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JDT.2009.2039463

Filename

5441226