Optical Simulation of Multicolor Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays Using Finite-Difference Time- Domain (FDTD) Method

  • Ding, J.M. (Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Labs., Industrial Technology Research Institute) ;
  • Ting, C.L. (Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Labs., Industrial Technology Research Institute) ;
  • Lin, Y.R. (Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Labs., Industrial Technology Research Institute) ;
  • Chen, R.D. (Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Labs., Industrial Technology Research Institute)
  • Published : 2006.08.22

Abstract

The Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is used to directly solve Maxwell's equations, and the techniques required for optical simulation of Bragg reflections of cholesteric liquid crystal (ChLC) displays are introduced in this paper. The simulated results show that the color gamut of a ChLC display can be broadened by using of a circular polarizer on top surface of the ChLC film, and are examined by experiments.

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