Abstract:
Provided are a method of forming a photo-alignment film having a large size that can appropriately align a liquid crystal compound can be formed and a method of forming a liquid crystal layer having a large size in which alignment defects of a liquid crystal compound can be suppressed. The method of forming a photo-alignment film includes: an exposure step of irradiating a surface of a photo-alignment film including a photo-alignment material that is formed on a support with interference light formed by intersection of two light components such that the surface of the photo-alignment film is exposed to form, on the photo-alignment film, an 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 a moving step of moving the support by a distance D in a direction parallel to the surface of the support and parallel to a straight line formed by optical axes of the two beams, in which the photo-alignment film is exposed by alternately repeating the exposure step and the moving step. Here, the distance D is represented by λ/{2×sin(α/2)}×N−λ/8
Abstract:
Provided are a light guide element and an image display apparatus capable of suppressing the occurrence of multiple images. The light guide element includes a light guide plate and a first incidence diffraction element, a second incidence diffraction element, a first emission diffraction element, and a second emission diffraction element that are provided on the light guide plate, in which the first and second incidence diffraction elements diffract incident light in different directions to be incident into the light guide plate, the first emission diffraction element emits light that is diffracted by the first incidence diffraction element and propagates in the light guide plate, the second emission diffraction element emits light that is diffracted by the second incidence diffraction element and propagates in the light guide plate, a period of a diffraction structure of the first incidence diffraction element and a period of a diffraction structure of the second incidence diffraction element are different from each other, a period of a diffraction structure of the first emission diffraction element and a period of a diffraction structure of the second emission diffraction element are different from each other, the first and second emission diffraction elements are disposed at a position where the first and second emission diffraction elements overlap each other in a plane direction of a main surface of the light guide plate, and a periodic direction of the diffraction structure of the first emission diffraction element and a periodic direction of the diffraction structure of the second emission diffraction element intersect with each other.
Abstract:
Provided is an optical element in which the amount of light having a wavelength causing a disturbance noise can be reduced and light can be diffracted with a high diffraction efficiency. The optical element comprising: an optically-anisotropic layer that is formed using a composition including a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic colorant, 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.
Abstract:
Provided is an image display device including an image display unit which includes a display area in which a plurality of pixels is arranged, and a non-display area provided at a periphery of the display area, a light guide unit which has one surface disposed so as to face at least an edge of the display area of the image display unit on a viewing side and another surface that is disposed at an opposite side of the light guide from the one surface and is provided at a position shifted further toward the non-display area than the one surface, and a diffraction element which is disposed between the image display unit and the light guide unit and diffracts light from the display area toward the side of the non-display area adjacent to the edge.
Abstract:
An optical sheet member includes a polarizing plate including a polarizer, a brightness enhancement film including a reflection polarizer, and a λ/4 plate, in which the reflection polarizer includes a first light reflecting layer which has a reflection center wavelength range of 430 nm to 480 nm, and is formed by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase emitting circular polarization light, a second light reflecting layer which has a reflection center wavelength range of 500 nm to 600 nm, and a third light reflecting layer which has a reflection center wavelength range of 600 nm to 650 nm, and both formed by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase emitting circular polarization light, and the brightness enhancement film includes the λ/4 plate satisfying 550 nm/4-25 nm
Abstract:
A circularly polarizing plate includes a polarizing film, a first optically anisotropic layer, and a second optically anisotropic layer in this order, in which the first optically anisotropic layer contains a twisted aligned liquid crystal compound of which a helical axis is a thickness direction thereof, a helix angle of the liquid crystal compound is 28.6±10°, an absorption axis of the polarizing film and an in-plane slow axis of the second optically anisotropic layer are parallel or orthogonal to each other, Δnd and ReB(550) respectively fall in predetermined value ranges. The circularly polarizing plate can sufficiently suppress the mixing of black with other colors in a front direction when being stuck on a display apparatus. A retardation plate used for the circularly polarizing plate and an organic EL display apparatus that have the circularly polarizing plate are also provided.
Abstract:
A lamination method includes: a bonding step of bonding a support to a main surface of a substrate while transporting the substrate and the support along predetermined transport paths; and a curing step of curing an adhesive after the bonding step, and the bonding step is performed to bond the substrate and the support together while sequentially passing the substrate and the support through two or more nip roller pairs and, of the two or more nip roller pairs, a nip roller pair provided downstream has a nip distance set to be equal to or smaller than a nip distance of a nip roller pair provided upstream. The lamination method and a laminate obtained thereby can reduce film thickness variations in a substrate to achieve a high film thickness accuracy, ensures high versatility, and can suppress cost increases.
Abstract:
An aspect of the present invention relates to a brightness enhancement film, which includes two or more high refractive index layers and two or more low refractive index layers, each of the low refractive index layers having an average refractive index lower than those of the high refractive index layers, with the high refractive index layer and the low refractive index layer being alternately laminated, wherein at least one of the high refractive index layers is an optically-anisotoropic layer including a lyotropic liquid-crystalline compound and has an average refractive index of equal to or higher than 1.50 but equal to or less than 2.50.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device has at least: a first and a second polarizing layers arranged so that respective absorption axes thereof are orthogonal to each other; a first and a second substrates arranged opposite to each other between the first and second polarizing layers, at least either one of which has a transparent electrode; a twisted alignment mode liquid crystal cell arranged between the first and the second substrates; a first optical compensation film arranged between the first polarizing layer and the liquid crystal cell, including a first transparent support and a layer formed by curing a composition containing a first liquid crystal compound; and a second optical compensation film arranged between the second polarizing layer and the liquid crystal cell, including a second transparent support and a layer formed by curing a composition containing a second liquid crystal compound, as defined herein.
Abstract:
Provided is a retardation film that can be incorporated into a liquid crystal display device having low power consumption. The retardation film includes a support (A) and a rodlike liquid crystalline compound layer (B), which satisfies a particular brightness when the retardation film is incorporated into a liquid crystal device.