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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.

Fundamentals of Liquid Crystal Devices

Series Editor's Foreword xiiiPreface to the First Edition xvPreface to the Second Edition xvii1 Liquid Crystal Physics 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics 51.3 Orientational Order 101.4 Elastic Properties of Liquid Crystals 211.5 Response of Liquid Crystals to Electromagnetic Fields 271.6 Anchoring Effects of Nematic Liquid Crystal at Surfaces 381.7 Liquid crystal director elastic deformation 40Homework Problems 48References 492 Propagation of Light in Anisotropic Optical Media 512.1 Electromagnetic Wave 512.2 Polarization 542.3 Propagation of Light in Uniform Anisotropic Optical Media 592.4 Propagation of Light in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals 72Homework Problems 85References 863 Optical Modeling Methods 873.1 Jones Matrix Method 873.2 Mueller Matrix Method 983.3 Berreman 4 × 4 Method 113Homework Problems 124References 1254 Effects of Electric Field on Liquid Crystals 1274.1 Dielectric Interaction 1274.2 Flexoelectric Effect 1324.3 Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal 138Homework Problems 146References 1475 Fréedericksz Transition 1495.1 Calculus of Variation 1495.2 Fréedericksz Transition: Statics 1535.3 Measurement of Anchoring Strength 1665.4 Measurement of Pretilt Angle 1715.5 Fréedericksz Transition: Dynamics 175Homework Problems 187References 1886 Liquid Crystal Materials 1916.1 Introduction 1916.2 Refractive Indices 1926.3 Dielectric Constants 2016.4 Rotational Viscosity 2046.5 Elastic Constants 2046.6 Figure-of-Merit (FoM) 2056.7 Index Matching between Liquid Crystals and Polymers 206Homework problems 210References 2107 Modeling Liquid Crystal Director Configuration 2137.1 Electric Energy of Liquid Crystals 2137.2 Modeling Electric Field 2187.3 Simulation of Liquid Crystal Director Configuration 221Homework Problems 232References 2328 Transmissive Liquid Crystal Displays 2358.1 Introduction 2358.2 Twisted Nematic (TN) Cells 2368.3 In-Plane Switching Mode 2418.4 Vertical Alignment Mode 2638.5 Multi-Domain Vertical Alignment Cells 2668.6 Optically Compensated Bend Cell 277Homework Problems 281References 2839 Reflective and Transflective Liquid Crystal Displays 2859.1 Introduction 2859.2 Reflective Liquid Crystal Displays 2869.3 Transflector 2909.4 Classification of Transflective LCDs 2939.5 Dual-Cell-Gap Transflective LCDs 3129.6 Single-Cell-Gap Transflective LCDs 3149.7 Performance of Transflective LCDs 314Homework Problems 316References 31610 Liquid Crystal Display Matrices, Drive Schemes and Bistable Displays 32110.1 Segmented Displays 32110.2 Passive Matrix Displays and Drive Scheme 32210.3 Active Matrix Displays 32610.4 Bistable Ferroelectric LCD and Drive Scheme 33010.5 Bistable Nematic Displays 33210.6 Bistable Cholesteric Reflective Display 342Homework Problems 358References 35911 Liquid Crystal/Polymer Composites 36311.1 Introduction 36311.2 Phase Separation 36511.3 Scattering Properties of LCPCs 37711.4 Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals 38311.5 PSLCs 39511.6 Scattering-Based Displays from LCPCs 40011.7 Polymer-Stabilized LCDs 403Homework Problems 407References 40912 Tunable Liquid Crystal Photonic Devices 41312.1 Introduction 41312.2 Laser Beam Steering 41412.3 Variable Optical Attenuators 41912.4 Tunable-Focus Lens 42312.5 Polarization-Independent LC Devices 435Homework Problems 441References 44213 Blue Phases of Chiral Liquid Crystals 44513.1 Introduction 44513.2 Phase Diagram of Blue Phases 44613.3 Reflection of Blue Phases 44713.4 Structure of Blue Phase 45113.5 Optical Properties of Blue Phase 471Homework Problems 475References 47514 Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phase Liquid Crystals 47714.1 Introduction 47714.2 Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phases 48014.3 Kerr Effect 48414.4 Device Configurations 49614.5 Vertical Field Switching 50714.6 Phase Modulation 510References 51015 Liquid Crystal Display Components 51315.1 Introduction 51315.2 Light Source 51315.3 Light-guide 51615.4 Diffuser 51615.5 Collimation Film 51815.6 Polarizer 51915.7 Compensation Film 53015.8 Color Filter 535References 53616 Three-Dimensional Displays 53916.1 Introduction 53916.2 Depth Cues 53916.3 Stereoscopic Displays 54116.4 Autostereoscopic Displays 54616.5 Integral imaging 55316.6 Holography 55416.7 Volumetric displays 556References 560Index 565