Abstract:
An aspect of the present invention relates to a liquid crystal panel including a visible side polarizing plate, a liquid crystal cell, and a backlight side polarizing plate, in which the backlight side polarizing plate is a reflective polarizing plate of which a degree of polarization P550 nm with respect to light at a wavelength of 550 nm is greater than or equal to 99.90%, and the reflective polarizing plate and the liquid crystal cell are integrally laminated, a liquid crystal display device, and a reflective polarizing plate and a manufacturing method thereof.
Abstract:
Provided is a wavelength conversion member, including: a wavelength conversion layer containing a quantum dot which is excited by excitation light and emits fluorescent light; and an adjacent layer directly laminated on the wavelength conversion layer, in which the shape of an interface between the wavelength conversion layer and the adjacent layer includes an irregular shape formed of a concave portion and a convex portion. Provided are a backlight unit, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal panel, and a liquid crystal display device: including the wavelength conversion member.
Abstract:
The light emitting screen of the present invention includes: a blue light emitting layer emitting blue light by being excited with first excitation light; a green light emitting layer which is disposed on the blue light emitting layer and emits green light by being excited with second excitation light; a red light emitting layer which is disposed on the green light emitting layer and emits red light by being excited with third excitation light; a first selective reflection layer which is disposed between the blue light emitting layer and the green light emitting layer; and a second selective reflection layer which is disposed between the green light emitting layer and the red light emitting layer, wherein the blue light emitting layer, the green light emitting layer, and the red light emitting layer contain quantum rods or quantum dots.
Abstract:
There is provided a liquid crystal display including: a liquid crystal cell in which a liquid crystal layer is installed between two glass substrates; polarizing plates on both surfaces of the liquid crystal cell; and a backlight at a rear side of the liquid crystal cell, which is a non-visual side, wherein in a polarizing plate at a front side of the liquid crystal cell, which is a visual side, a difference in a moisture content of the polarizing plate at the front side under a specific condition in elapse of time is 0.01% or more and 3.0% or less.
Abstract:
Provided are a beam combiner that can form a fine and clear interference pattern, a method of forming an alignment film in which a fine and clear alignment pattern can be obtained, and a method of manufacturing an optical element including a fine and clear liquid crystal alignment pattern. The beam combiner element includes: a beam combiner element that emits light where right/left circularly polarized light components are combined; a polarization separating element that separates incidence light into two right or left circularly polarized light components; and a light control element that focuses or diffuses light and is provided on at least one optical path of circularly polarized light incident into the beam combiner element, in which an absolute value of an ellipticity of circularly polarized light emitted from the beam combiner element is 0.8 or more.
Abstract:
Provided is a spectroscope excellent in measurement efficiency. A spectroscope that separates incident light to be measured including a spectroscopic unit that reflects and separates incident light and a detection unit that detects light reflected from the spectroscopic unit, in which the spectroscopic unit includes a first cholesteric liquid crystal layer obtained by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase and a second cholesteric liquid crystal layer obtained by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer and the second cholesteric liquid crystal layer have a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an orientation of an optical axis derived from a liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, a rotation direction of the optical axis in the liquid crystal alignment pattern of the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer is opposite to a rotation direction of the optical axis in the liquid crystal alignment pattern of the second cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and a twisted direction of the liquid crystal compound in a thickness direction of the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer is opposite to a twisted direction of the liquid crystal compound in a thickness direction of the second cholesteric liquid crystal layer.
Abstract:
An object is to provide an exposure method of a photoalignment layer in which an alignment pattern having no disorder can be formed. The exposure method of a photoalignment layer includes an exposure step of disposing an exposure mask and a substrate that includes a coating film including a compound having a photo-aligned group such that the exposure mask and the coating film face each other, irradiating the exposure mask with light to which the compound is photosensitive, and exposing the coating film through the exposure mask, in which the exposure mask is a polarization diffraction element having an alignment pattern where an optical axis changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, in an image obtained by observing a cross section taken in a thickness direction along the one in-plane direction with a scanning electron microscope, the exposure mask has a bright portion and a dark portion extending from one main surface to another main surface, and has a region where the dark portion is tilted with respect to a perpendicular direction of a main surface, and in the exposure step, the coating film is exposed to light diffracted by the exposure mask.
Abstract:
Provided is a transmissive liquid crystal diffraction element having a large diffraction angle and a high diffraction efficiency. The transmissive liquid crystal diffraction element includes a plurality of optically-anisotropic layers that are formed of a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound in a thickness direction, in which the optically-anisotropic layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, the one in-plane directions of the plurality of optically-anisotropic layers are parallel to each other, in two optically-anisotropic layers adjacent to each other among the plurality of optically-anisotropic layers, a rotation direction of the optical axis in the liquid crystal alignment pattern of one optically-anisotropic layer and a rotation direction of the optical axis in the liquid crystal alignment pattern of the other optically-anisotropic layer are opposite to each other, in cross-sectional images of the plurality of optically-anisotropic layers obtained by observing cross-sections taken in a thickness direction parallel to the one in-plane direction with a scanning electron microscope, the plurality of optically-anisotropic layers have bright portions and dark portions extending from one surface to another surface, and tilt angles of the dark portions of the plurality of optically-anisotropic layers change in order in the thickness direction.
Abstract:
A transmissive liquid crystal diffraction element includes a rod-like liquid crystal layer where a rod-like liquid crystal compound is aligned and a disk-like liquid crystal layer where a disk-like liquid crystal compound is aligned that are alternately laminated, in which each of the liquid crystal layers has a predetermined liquid crystal alignment pattern, rotation directions of optical axes in the liquid crystal alignment patterns are the same, single periods of the liquid crystal alignment patterns are the same, a thickness direction retardation |Rth| of each of the liquid crystal layers is 65 nm or less, and at an interface between the liquid crystal layers, longitudinal directions of the liquid crystal compounds match with each other.
Abstract:
An optical element includes an optically-anisotropic layer that is formed of a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group, in which a ratio of a bend elastic constant K33 to a splay elastic constant K11 in the liquid crystal composition satisfies 0.8≤K33/K11≤1.2 at any temperature of a nematic temperature range, and the optically-anisotropic layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction.