Deng-Ke Yang, Shin-Tson Wu

Fundamentals of Liquid Crystal Devices (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Liquid Crystal Devices are crucial and ubiquitous components of an ever-increasing number of technologies. They are used in everything from cellular phones, eBook readers, GPS devices, computer monitors and automotive displays to projectors and TVs, to name but a few. This second edition continues to serve as an introductory guide to the fundamental properties of liquid crystals and their technical application, while explicating the recent advancements within LCD technology. This edition includes important new chapters on blue-phase display technology, advancements in LCD research significantly contributed to by the authors themselves. This title is of particular interest to engineers and researchers involved in display technology and graduate students involved in display technology research. * Key features: Updated throughout to reflect the latest technical state-of-the-art in LCD research and development, including new chapters and material on topics such as the properties of blue-phase liquid crystal displays and 3D liquid crystal displays; * Explains the link between the fundamental scientific principles behind liquid crystal technology and their application to photonic devices and displays, providing a thorough understanding of the physics, optics, electro-optics and material aspects of Liquid Crystal Devices; * Revised material reflecting developments in LCD technology, including updates on optical modelling methods, transmissive LCDs and tunable liquid crystal photonic devices; * Chapters conclude with detailed homework problems to further cement an understanding of the topic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118751954
• Artikelnr.: 41693629

Autorenporträt

Deng-Ke Yang Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, USA Shin-Tson Wu College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor's Foreword xiii Preface to the First Edition xv Preface to
the Second Edition xvii 1 Liquid Crystal Physics 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2
Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics 5 1.3 Orientational Order 10 1.4
Elastic Properties of Liquid Crystals 21 1.5 Response of Liquid Crystals to
Electromagnetic Fields 27 1.6 Anchoring Effects of Nematic Liquid Crystal
at Surfaces 38 1.7 Liquid crystal director elastic deformation 40 Homework
Problems 48 References 49 2 Propagation of Light in Anisotropic Optical
Media 51 2.1 Electromagnetic Wave 51 2.2 Polarization 54 2.3 Propagation of
Light in Uniform Anisotropic Optical Media 59 2.4 Propagation of Light in
Cholesteric Liquid Crystals 72 Homework Problems 85 References 86 3 Optical
Modeling Methods 87 3.1 Jones Matrix Method 87 3.2 Mueller Matrix Method 98
3.3 Berreman 4 × 4 Method 113 Homework Problems 124 References 125 4
Effects of Electric Field on Liquid Crystals 127 4.1 Dielectric Interaction
127 4.2 Flexoelectric Effect 132 4.3 Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal 138
Homework Problems 146 References 147 5 Fréedericksz Transition 149 5.1
Calculus of Variation 149 5.2 Fréedericksz Transition: Statics 153 5.3
Measurement of Anchoring Strength 166 5.4 Measurement of Pretilt Angle 171
5.5 Fréedericksz Transition: Dynamics 175 Homework Problems 187 References
188 6 Liquid Crystal Materials 191 6.1 Introduction 191 6.2 Refractive
Indices 192 6.3 Dielectric Constants 201 6.4 Rotational Viscosity 204 6.5
Elastic Constants 204 6.6 Figure-of-Merit (FoM) 205 6.7 Index Matching
between Liquid Crystals and Polymers 206 Homework problems 210 References
210 7 Modeling Liquid Crystal Director Configuration 213 7.1 Electric
Energy of Liquid Crystals 213 7.2 Modeling Electric Field 218 7.3
Simulation of Liquid Crystal Director Configuration 221 Homework Problems
232 References 232 8 Transmissive Liquid Crystal Displays 235 8.1
Introduction 235 8.2 Twisted Nematic (TN) Cells 236 8.3 In-Plane Switching
Mode 241 8.4 Vertical Alignment Mode 263 8.5 Multi-Domain Vertical
Alignment Cells 266 8.6 Optically Compensated Bend Cell 277 Homework
Problems 281 References 283 9 Reflective and Transflective Liquid Crystal
Displays 285 9.1 Introduction 285 9.2 Reflective Liquid Crystal Displays
286 9.3 Transflector 290 9.4 Classification of Transflective LCDs 293 9.5
Dual-Cell-Gap Transflective LCDs 312 9.6 Single-Cell-Gap Transflective LCDs
314 9.7 Performance of Transflective LCDs 314 Homework Problems 316
References 316 10 Liquid Crystal Display Matrices, Drive Schemes and
Bistable Displays 321 10.1 Segmented Displays 321 10.2 Passive Matrix
Displays and Drive Scheme 322 10.3 Active Matrix Displays 326 10.4 Bistable
Ferroelectric LCD and Drive Scheme 330 10.5 Bistable Nematic Displays 332
10.6 Bistable Cholesteric Reflective Display 342 Homework Problems 358
References 359 11 Liquid Crystal/Polymer Composites 363 11.1 Introduction
363 11.2 Phase Separation 365 11.3 Scattering Properties of LCPCs 377 11.4
Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals 383 11.5 PSLCs 395 11.6 Scattering-Based
Displays from LCPCs 400 11.7 Polymer-Stabilized LCDs 403 Homework Problems
407 References 409 12 Tunable Liquid Crystal Photonic Devices 413 12.1
Introduction 413 12.2 Laser Beam Steering 414 12.3 Variable Optical
Attenuators 419 12.4 Tunable-Focus Lens 423 12.5 Polarization-Independent
LC Devices 435 Homework Problems 441 References 442 13 Blue Phases of
Chiral Liquid Crystals 445 13.1 Introduction 445 13.2 Phase Diagram of Blue
Phases 446 13.3 Reflection of Blue Phases 447 13.4 Structure of Blue Phase
451 13.5 Optical Properties of Blue Phase 471 Homework Problems 475
References 475 14 Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phase Liquid Crystals 477 14.1
Introduction 477 14.2 Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phases 480 14.3 Kerr Effect
484 14.4 Device Configurations 496 14.5 Vertical Field Switching 507 14.6
Phase Modulation 510 References 510 15 Liquid Crystal Display Components
513 15.1 Introduction 513 15.2 Light Source 513 15.3 Light-guide 516 15.4
Diffuser 516 15.5 Collimation Film 518 15.6 Polarizer 519 15.7 Compensation
Film 530 15.8 Color Filter 535 References 536 16 Three-Dimensional Displays
539 16.1 Introduction 539 16.2 Depth Cues 539 16.3 Stereoscopic Displays
541 16.4 Autostereoscopic Displays 546 16.5 Integral imaging 553 16.6
Holography 554 16.7 Volumetric displays 556 References 560 Index 565