Abstract:
Provided is an optical element including a wavelength selective reflective polarizer and a λ/2 plate in which the λ/2 plate includes an optically anisotropic layer which has an optical axis in a direction parallel to a surface and is formed of a cured layer of a liquid crystal composition and has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an orientation of the optical axis changes while continuously rotating in at least one direction in a plane of the optically anisotropic layer, and light in the specific wavelength range which is circularly polarized light oriented in a direction opposite to that of the specific circularly polarized light among light incident on a surface of the optical element on the λ/2 plate side is reflected in a direction different from a regular reflection direction of the incident light.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a polarizing plate where, when the polarizing plate is applied to a liquid crystal display device, both thinning of the device and improvement in display performance such as prevention of light leakage, prevention of color variation, and suppression of display unevenness under a moist and hot environment can be achieved. The polarizing plate has, in this order, a first polarizer protective layer, a first polarizer, a first optically anisotropic layer including a liquid crystal compound X, and a second optically anisotropic layer including a liquid crystal compound Y, in which the thickness of the first optically anisotropic layer is 10 μm or less, the first optically anisotropic layer has predetermined Re(550) and Rth(550), the thickness of the second optically anisotropic layer is 10 μm or less, and has predetermined Re(550) and Rth(550), and the polarizing plate has a thickness of is 100 μm or less.
Abstract:
To provide a resin composition for a laser-engravable flexographic printing plate that has excellent removability for engraving residue generated when laser-engraving a printing plate precursor and that can give a flexographic printing plate that is excellent in terms of non-tackiness, hardness, printing durability, and halftone shape.A resin composition for a laser-engravable flexographic printing plate, the resin composition that comprises (Component A) a polyurethane resin having a group represented by Formula (1), (Component B) an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and (Component C) a polymerization initiator wherein in the Formula, R and R″ independently denote a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R′ denotes an alkyl group, R and R′ may be linked to form a ring, and the wavy line portion denotes the position of bonding.
Abstract:
Provided is an optical film which is resistant to repelling, bright dots, irregularity, and the use of such an optical film in a liquid crystal display leads to high front contrast, reduced grayscale inversion, and a reduced difference between a front image and an oblique image in grayscale reproducibility and color. The optical film including a first optically anisotropic layer; and a second optically anisotropic layer on the first optically anisotropic layer, wherein the first optically anisotropic layer is a layer of liquid crystal compounds aligned and fixed by polymerization, and the surface tilt angle of molecules of the liquid crystal compound is in a range of 5° to 80° at a site in contact with the second optically anisotropic layer.
Abstract:
An optical film, which exhibits a high, optically compensatory function and can be stably manufactured by continuous production, can be provided. The optical film comprises an optically anisotropic layer comprising discotic liquid crystal fixed into a hybrid alignment, an adhesion layer having no alignment controllability and a substrate in that order, wherein the hybrid alignment is conditioned such that an angle defined by a director of the discotic liquid crystal in a region close to an interface with air and the normal to the film is larger than an angle defined by a director of the discotic liquid crystal in the vicinity of an interface with the adhesion layer and the normal to the film, and the total thickness of the film is 0.1 μm to 70 μm.
Abstract:
Provided are a liquid crystal diffraction element, an image display apparatus, and a head mounted display where occurrence of a ghost in a head mounted display such as VR glasses can be suppressed. The liquid crystal diffraction element includes at least an optically-anisotropic layer that is formed of a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound, in which the optically-anisotropic layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an orientation of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, in a case where a length over which the optical axis rotates by 180 degrees in the one direction is set as a single period, the single period gradually changes in the one direction, and in a case where an average period of 50 periods in the one direction from a period having a longest length of the single period is represented by Λa and a main surface of the optically-anisotropic layer in a region having a period shorter than or equal to the average period Λa is observed with an optical microscope, both of a ratio between a maximum value and a minimum value among widths of 30 continuous bright lines and a ratio between a maximum value and a minimum value among widths of 30 continuous dark lines in the region are 1.2 or less.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an optical element in which the occurrence of sidelobe is suppressed and a reflectivity is high, an image display apparatus, a head-mounted display, a sensing apparatus, and an eye tracking apparatus. The optical element according to the present invention includes: at least one reflecting layer pair that is a combination of two reflective layers where turning directions of circularly polarized light to be reflected are opposite to each other and at least a part of reflection wavelength ranges is an overlapping part, in which the reflective layer includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer obtained by immobilizing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from a liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, and in a case where a depth position corresponding to 10% of a total helical pitch number of the reflective layer from one surface to another surface side of the reflective layer is set as a depth position X, a depth position corresponding to 90% of the total helical pitch number of the reflective layer from the one surface to the other surface side of the reflective layer is set as a depth position Y, a region from the one surface to the depth position X is set as a first region, a region from the depth position X to the depth position Y is set as a second region, and a region from the depth position Y to the other surface is set as a third region, at least one of birefringences in the first region and the third region is less than a birefringence in the second region.
Abstract:
Provided are an optical element that can make the brightness of light emitted from a light guide plate uniform, a light guide element, and an image display device. The optical element includes a patterned cholesteric liquid crystal layer that is obtained by immobilizing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, in which the patterned cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from a liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, and the patterned cholesteric liquid crystal layer has regions having different pitches of helical structures in a plane.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal composition includes: at least one of a compound represented by Formula (I) or a compound represented by Formula (II); and a rod-like liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group that does not correspond to both of Formula (I) and Formula (II)
Abstract:
Provided are: an image display apparatus in which the utilization efficiency of a virtual image is high and the virtual image having high brightness uniformity can be displayed to be superimposed on a real image; and AR glasses including the image display apparatus. The image display apparatus includes: a display element; one or more cholesteric liquid crystal layers that reflect a display image of the display element; and a transparent reflection element that reflects the image reflected by the cholesteric liquid crystal layer to the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, in which at least one of the cholesteric liquid crystal layers has a structure having a region where a surface pitch changes in a thickness direction.