Abstract:
An optical film including a polarization layer, a first phase delay layer positioned on a side of the polarization layer and including a liquid crystal, and a second phase delay layer positioned on a side of the first phase delay layer, where the first phase delay layer has an optical axis defining an angle of about 17 degrees to about 27 degrees or about −27 degrees to about −17 degrees relative to a transmissive axis of the polarization layer, and the second phase delay layer has an optical axis defining an angle of about 85 degrees to about 95 degrees relative to the transmissive axis of the polarization layer.
Abstract:
An optical film includes: a polarization layer; a first phase retardation layer having an optic axis at an angle in a range from about 17 degrees to about 27 degrees or from about −27 degrees to about −17 degrees with respect to a transmission axis of the polarization layer; and a second phase retardation layer having an optic axis at an angle in a range from about 85 degrees to about 95 degrees with respect to the transmission axis of the polarization layer. The polarization layer, the first phase retardation layer, and the second phase retardation layer are deposited in sequence, the first phase retardation layer is a half-wave plate, the second phase retardation layer is a quarter-wave plate, and out-of-plane retardation values of the first phase retardation layer and the second phase retardation layer for incident light having the standard wavelength have opposite signs.
Abstract:
A combination structure includes an in-plane pattern of unit cells, wherein the each unit cell includes nanostructures each having a dimension that is smaller than a near-infrared wavelength and a light-absorbing layer adjacent to the nanostructures and including a near-infrared absorbing material configured to absorb light in at least a portion of a near-infrared wavelength spectrum. The nanostructures are define a nanostructure array in the unit cells, and a wavelength width at 50% transmittance of a transmission spectrum in the near-infrared wavelength spectrum of the combination structure is wider than a wavelength width at 50% transmittance of a transmission spectrum in the near-infrared wavelength spectrum of the nanostructure array.
Abstract:
An antireflection film includes a polarizer, a first retardation film disposed on a side of the polarizer and having a reverse wavelength dispersion phase delay, and a second retardation film disposed on at least one side of the first retardation film and including a polymer, wherein the polymer includes a structural unit derived from a monomer selected from styrene, a styrene derivative, or a combination thereof, and the polymer has a glass transition temperature of greater than about 100° C.
Abstract:
An optical film includes a polarizer, a uniaxially elongated film disposed on the polarizer, and a compensation film disposed on one side of the uniaxially elongated film. The polarizer includes a polymer having a glass transition temperature of greater than about 100° C. and including a structural unit derived from styrene or a styrene derivative. The compensation film has a refractive index satisfying Relationship Equations 1 and 2, the uniaxially elongated film has an in-plane retardation satisfying Relationship Equation 3 and a thickness retardation satisfying Relationship Equation 4, and the compensation film has an in-plane retardation satisfying Relationship Equation 5 and a thickness retardation satisfying Relationship Equation 6. A liquid crystal display including the optical film is also disclosed. Relationship Equations 1 to 6 are described in the detailed description.
Abstract:
A compensation film includes a first retardation layer comprising a polymer having negative birefringence, and a second retardation layer comprising a polymer having negative birefringence, where the first retardation layer has an in-plane retardation (Re1) in a range of about 180 nanometers to about 300 nanometers for incident light having a wavelength of about 550 nanometers, the second retardation layer has an in-plane retardation (Re2) in a range of about 60 nanometers to about 170 nanometers for the incident light having the wavelength of about 550 nanometers, and the entire in-plane retardation (Re0) of the first retardation layer and the second retardation layer for incident light having wavelengths of about 450 nanometers and about 550 nanometers satisfies the following inequation: Re0(450 nm)
Abstract:
An optical film including a polymer including a repeating unit A including a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formulas 1 to 3, or a combination thereof; and a repeating unit B derived from a monomer having an unsaturated bond copolymerizable with the repeating unit A, wherein the optical film has a short wavelength dispersion of an in-plane phase-difference value (Re) (450 nm/550 nm) ranging from about 0.81 to about 1.20, and a long wavelength dispersion of an in-plane phase-difference value (Re) (650 nm/550 nm) ranging from about 0.90 to about 1.18: wherein, in Chemical Formulas 1 to 3, the variables R1 to R21 are defined herein.
Abstract:
An optical film includes a polarization film including a polymer resin and a dichroic dye, and a phase delay layer disposed on the polarization film and including a liquid crystal.
Abstract:
An embodiment of an optical film includes: a polarization layer; a first phase retardation layer; a second phase retardation layer; and a light blocking layer disposed between the first phase retardation layer and the second phase retardation layer and extending along a circumference of the second phase retardation layer, wherein the polarization layer is disposed on the first phase retardation, the first phase retardation layer is disposed on the second phase retardation layer, an in-plane retardation value of the first phase retardation layer at a standard wavelength of about 550 nanometers is in a range from about 240 nanometers to about 300 nanometers, and an in-plane retardation value of the second phase retardation layer at the standard wavelength is in a range from about 110 nanometers to about 160 nanometers.
Abstract:
A combination structure includes an in-plane pattern of unit cells, wherein the each unit cell includes nanostructures each having a dimension that is smaller than a near-infrared wavelength and a light-absorbing layer adjacent to the nanostructures and including a near-infrared absorbing material configured to absorb light in at least a portion of a near-infrared wavelength spectrum. The nanostructures are define a nanostructure array in the unit cells, and a wavelength width at 50% transmittance of a transmission spectrum in the near-infrared wavelength spectrum of the combination structure is wider than a wavelength width at 50% transmittance of a transmission spectrum in the near-infrared wavelength spectrum of the nanostructure array.