Thin crystal film polarizers and retarders

Leonid Ignatov; Pavel I. Lazarev; Victor Nazarov; Natalya Ovchinnikova

doi:10.1117/12.467451

14 May 2002 Thin crystal film polarizers and retarders

Leonid Ignatov, Pavel I. Lazarev, Victor Nazarov, Natalya Ovchinnikova

Proceedings Volume 4658, Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications VIII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467451
Event: Electronic Imaging, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We developed a new technology for thin crystal film (TCF) manufacturing based on water-soluble salts of aromatic polycyclic compounds. TCF is produced by coating and subsequent drying of an aqueous solution on plastic or glass surface into molecularly oriented 100-1000 nm thick crystal nano-film. First industrial application of nano-films is TCF polarizer for liquid crystal displays (LCD). TCF polarizers are made from modified organic dyes with relatively narrow spectral absorption band. Mixing various dyes allows covering broad spectral region. Blending provides variety of combinations of background and character colors that are necessary for applications. TCF made from dichroic dyes are highly anisotropic, biaxial extraordinary polarizers. Birefringence of TCF made from some materials reaches 1.0. Several highly birefringent TCFs show specific retardation characteristics. For example, 300 nm thick TCF based on dichroic dye with narrow absorption band at 450 nm and transparent in the long-wave region, has maximum birefringence of 0.85 in the wavelength region of 500-800 nm. TCF are available for industrial application in LCD as external, internal polarizers and retarders.

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Leonid Ignatov, Pavel I. Lazarev, Victor Nazarov, and Natalya Ovchinnikova "Thin crystal film polarizers and retarders", Proc. SPIE 4658, Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications VIII, (14 May 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467451

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