Old and new ideas in ferroelectric liquid crystal technology

Sven T. Lagerwall; M. Matuszczyk; T. Matuszczyk

doi:10.1117/12.299943

1 February 1998 Old and new ideas in ferroelectric liquid crystal technology

Sven T. Lagerwall, M. Matuszczyk, T. Matuszczyk

Proceedings Volume 3318, Liquid Crystals: Physics, Technology, and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.299943
Event: Liquid Crystals, 1997, Zakopane, Poland

Abstract

Ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLC) are to conventional liquid crystal what Gallium Arsenide is to Silicon in the semiconductor area. The first generation of FLC displays in now present on the market and has some outstanding features based on the symmetric bistability which may be achieved in these materials. One of the greatest challenges for the next generation is to achieve an analog grey scale out of an essentially digital principle. We will analyze in some detail which major problems had to be solved to reach the present state and show how the final steps could be taken toward a new state-of-the-art level in liquid crystal devices. In the last decade university research and industrial R and D have almost equally contributed to treat the very serious complications caused by the so-called chevron structures We will review this important topic in particular detail.

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Sven T. Lagerwall, M. Matuszczyk, and T. Matuszczyk "Old and new ideas in ferroelectric liquid crystal technology", Proc. SPIE 3318, Liquid Crystals: Physics, Technology, and Applications, (1 February 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.299943

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