ON THE SATURATION BEHAVIOUR OF TWISTED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS WITH A NONZERO PRETILT ANGLE

Equations are obtained for the surface tilt angle and the twist angle of the director in a twisted nematic liquid crystal cell under a high magnetic field. Under a zero pretilt angle, the two equations reduce to those obtained by Sugimura et al. This fact has also been demonstrated numerically. With finite field strength and nonzero pretilt angle, no saturation transition exists.     

聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯的光化学反应在液晶分子排列取向中的作用

研究了光聚合物材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯(CEMC)对液晶材料LC-6710A的取向作用,取向层表面在光化学反应前后的变化;测量了光控取向膜液晶盒中液晶分子的预倾角及单面光控取向扭曲向列液晶显示器(TNLCD)的电光特性和时间响应特性,研究了这种材料的光化学反应过程,以及液晶分子排列取向的机理.     

垂直定向液晶光阀中液晶电光特性的理论分析

采用 ４×４ 矩阵法模拟计算了垂直定向液晶光阀的电光特性, 从理论上分析了影响液晶光阀电光特性的因素。根据向列液晶的弹性连续体理论及边界力矩平衡方程, 求出了垂直定向向列液晶在液晶界面之间相互作用锚泊能为有限值时的液晶指向矢分布。根据指向矢分布计算了一定外加电场下液晶光阀的电光特性, 并和锚泊能为无限大时的特性进行了比较和分析     

弱锚泊对液晶微波相位调制的影响

液晶对微波的调制取决于外加电压作用下液晶分子的取向, 而基板的锚泊对液晶取向有重要影响, 必然导致微波调制的变化. 本文研究了无手性掺杂的弱锚泊90°扭曲向列相液晶的微波调制特性. 基于液晶弹性理论和变分原理得到了液晶盒系统的平衡态方程和边界条件, 采用差分迭代方法数值模拟了不同锚定强度大小和不同预倾角下单位长度相移随电压的变化. 结果表明: 1)预倾角对微波相移的影响与施加电压有关. 当液晶盒施加电压为0.5–1.6 V之间时, 随预倾角增大, 单位长度微波相移及其与强锚泊0°预倾角90°扭曲液晶相移差均增大, 且相移差达到最大时的电压值也随倾角增大而减小; 1.6–3.0 V之间, 单位长度微波相移及相移差随预倾角增大而减小; 1.6 V附近及3.0 V之后, 相移基本没有变化. 2)表面锚定强度大小对微波相移的影响非常大. 随锚定强度减小, 单位长度微波相移及相移差均会增大, 微波相移的可调范围也增大, 且增加越来越明显. 此研究为液晶微波调制器件的设计提供了理论依据.     

扭曲向列相液晶电光效应的微观机理研究

为了探究液晶电光效应的微观机理,以扭曲向列相液晶为研究对象,对液晶分子的变化情况进行了理论分析。运用连续体弹性理论分析了扭曲向列相液晶分子的指向矢取向变化,并对液晶电光效应曲线不同区间范围液晶微观结构的变化进行了系统分析。结果表明:液晶分子在零电场条件下的扭曲是均匀的;当外加电场大于某一值时,液晶分子开始转向,液晶产生电光效应。研究结果对液晶显示器件设计和深入理解液晶电光效应机理具有一定的指导意义。     

Research on temperature characteristics of liquid crystal filter

The effect of temperature on the spectrum characteristic of the liquid crystal filter in the region of visible light was investigated theoretically and experimentally in detail. The conclusion shows that with the increasing temperature, the center wavelength of the filter will shift toward the short wavelength, and the center wavelength of the filter will shift toward long wavelength as the temperature decreases. The result of numerical simulation is in excellent agreement with the experiment result. In addition, the experiment results indicate that with the increasing temperature and reducing wavelength the transmittance of liquid crystal filter will reduce. According to the above conclusion we propose a new structure for maintaining a stable central wavelength output of the liquid crystal filter with the changing temperature, and it does not require temperature control equipment, is easy to operate, and has no need to look for special temperature coefficient birefringence, etc. This structure may find a certain application for liquid crystal filter as we believe, particularly, in the condition of different environment temperature.     

Entanglement-free determination of pretilt angles of twisted nematic liquid-crystal cells by phase measurement

The pretilt angle of a twisted nematic(TN) liquid crystal display has a strong effect on viewing angles and response times of the display as well as shifting the light-leaking disclination lines into the black-matrix area within pixels of a thin-film-transistor driven TN panel for a high contrast ratio. In this Letter, we develop an optical method to determine the TN pretilt angle based on heterodyne measurements of the phase versus the incident angle of a thin TN cell subjected to out-of-plane rotations. We believe that our method of measuring phases has advantages of simpler setup and calculations, better stability, and less sensitive to ambient electromagnetic interference than the commonly used method of measuring intensities.     

高性能双稳态向列相液晶显示器

提出四种可实际应用的非垂直偏振片配置的双稳态扭曲向列相液晶显示模式.这些显示模式大都具有高稳定性,并能提供高对比度和高亮态透过率.有些甚至可达到扭曲向列相液晶显示器的显示效果,实现黑白显示.这些显示模式性能优于已提出的垂直偏振片配置的其他双稳态向列相液晶显示模式. 关键词： 双稳态向列相 液晶显示 参数空间     

Dependence of viscoelastic parameters of nematic liquid crystals on pretilt angle and temperature

The viscoelastic parameters of nematic liquid crystal (LC) E7 in both splay and twist relaxation modes are investigated as functions of pretilt angle and temperature by the technique of dynamic laser light scattering. The results show that the elastic constants of the liquid crystal in the two modes not only depend on temperature, but also depend on pretilt angle. There is a critical pretilt angle (β_C) at which nematic LC begins exhibiting elastic property, and beyond which the elastic constants increase with pretilt angle, then keep constant after exceeding another angle (β_S, with β_S > β_C). This phenomenon is observed to be universal for different nematic LC’s, and significant not only in the understanding of the molecular mechanism of exhibiting viscoelastic properties in nematic LC, but also for their practical purpose.     

棱镜晶体旋转法测量液晶器件大预倾角

晶体旋转法是测量液晶分子预倾角的常用方法,但不适用于测量20°~70°之间的预倾角。提出一种棱镜辅助晶体旋转法测量预倾角的方案。把液晶盒夹在两个直角棱镜间,入射光从前面棱镜一个面入射,经过液晶盒从后面棱镜出射,改变入射光的入射角,测量出射光透过率,能得到对应双折射相位差为零、透射光强最大的入射角,进而由几何光学关系确定预倾角。数值模拟和实验结果显示该方法具有可行性。     

反扭曲向列相液晶盒中的引流

根据Erickson-Leslie流体动力学方程,研究了反扭曲向列相液晶盒.该液晶盒只有在有外场的情况下才会扭曲.通过计算模拟得出指向矢构形和流速与时间的关系.在外加电压情况下,由于存在引流效应导致指向矢分布不正常.     

向列液晶预倾角与其弹性常量的相关性研究

向列液晶分子在基片上形成预倾角是液晶分子进行重新排列取向的过程,预倾角的大小会影响与取向相关的向列液晶的弹性变形行为.本文通过设置不同的预倾角,在不同的温度下用激光散射技术测量向列液晶的弛豫系数,从而获得液晶的弹性常量,并研究弹性常量随预倾角的变化规律.研究结果表明,当预倾角小于某一角度,由于向列液晶分子内部排列不规整而无法体现其整体的弹性变形特征;当预倾角达到一定的角度,向列液晶就表现出最大的弹性常量值,液晶特有的弹性变形行为得以充分的体现.     

A NEW METHOD TO ALIGN LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES BY LINEAR PHOTO-POLYMERIZATION FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

A new technique to uniformly align liquid crystal molecules is presented. The technique is based on producing an anisotropic surface on the glass substrate coated with photo-polymers by photo-polymerization of linear polarized UV-light. The orientation of liquid crystal molecules is governed by the direction of the polarized vector of UV-light. Using this method, we have studied the photo-polymer PSi-CM aligning LC 6710A molecules. The liquid crystal microscopic texture between crossed polarizers, optical retardation from liquid crystal layers and electro-optical properties of twisted nematic liquid crystal display cell are obtained, which was prepared with one side -photo-alignment and the other side-rebbed substrate.     

一种反射式扭曲向列型液晶显示优化设计的新方法

基于扭曲向列型液晶的显示器件通过调制光波的偏振态实现显示的目的,因此光波的偏振状态在其中起了极为关键的作用.本文结合琼斯矩阵和表示光波偏振态的斯托克斯参量j-circle方法,提出了一种优化反射式扭曲向列型液晶显示器件的新方法.该方法与原有的空间参量方法不同的是采用了追踪光波在传播过程中偏振态变化的办法得到反射式液晶显示器件中各光学元件的参数.该方法简单直观并且可以对多个参数同时进行优化,实现了显示性能的最优化设计并得到了新的显示模式.     

液晶显示用取向材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯的光控取向研究

通过实验研究了光聚合物材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯（ＣＥＭＣ）的光化学反应过程, 以及对液晶材料ＬＣ－６７１０Ａ 的取向能力． 通过原子力显微镜（ＡＦＭ）观察了取向层表面在光化学反应前后的变化, 测量了光控取向膜液晶盒中液晶分子的预倾角及单面光控取向扭曲向列液晶显示器（ＴＮＬＣＤ）的电光特性和时间响应特性曲线, 研究了液晶分子排列取向的机理．     

Optimal design of achromatic quarter-wave plate using twisted nematic liquid crystal cells

A novel configuration of achromatic quarter-wave plate using two twisted nematic liquid crystal (TNLC) cells is presented. The 4 × 4 Mueller matrix is used to describe the optical properties of the liquid crystal cells. The universal tabu (Utabu) search method is used for optimizing the structural parameters. Simulation results indicate that the designed structure is capable of turning a linearly polarized light into perfectly circularly polarized light and vice versa in wavelength range 1200–1650 nm. The manufacturing tolerances of cell gap, twisted angle, etc. are good.PACS: 42.79.K     

Influence of the flow on the anchoring of nematic liquid crystals on Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers studied by optical second-harmonic generation

The influence of capillary flow on the alignment of the nematic liquid crystal 5CB on fatty acid Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers was studied by optical second-harmonic generation (SHG). The surface dipole sensitivity of the technique allows probing the orientation of the first liquid crystal monolayer in the presence of the liquid crystal bulk. It was found that capillary flow causes the first monolayer of liquid crystal molecules in contact with the fatty acid monolayer to be oriented in the flow direction with a large pretilt (78 degrees), resulting in a quasi-planar alignment with splay-bend deformation of the nematic director in the bulk. The large pretilt angle also suggests that the Langmuir-Blodgett film itself is affected by the flow. The quasi-planar flow-induced alignment was found to be metastable. Once the flow ceases, circular domains of homeotropic orientation nucleate in the sample and expand until the whole sample becomes homeotropic. This relaxation process from flow-induced quasi-planar to surface-induced homeotropic alignment was also monitored by SHG. It was found that in the homeotropic state the first nematic layer presents a pretilt of 38 degrees almost isotropically distributed in the plane of the cell, with a slight preference for the direction of the previous flow. Received 8 November 2000 and Received in final form 12 March 2001     

Comparison of optical compensations based on discotic liquid crystals with linear and non-linear orientation for wide viewing angle twisted nematic liquid crystal displays

Optical compensation film using discotic liquid crystals has been commercialized to suppress light leakage of twisted nematic (TN) liquid crystal (LC) cells in the dark state when the viewing directions are off-axes. In the conventional film, the tilt angle variation of the discotic LC layers is linear, whereas that of the rod-like LC layers in the TN cell is non-linear with twist alignment. We investigated the optical compensation effects in terms of iso-contrast ratio, gray scale inversion and color shift with linear and non-linear orientation in a tilt angle or twist and non-twist orientation on TN-LC cells. The results showed that the optical compensation with non-linear orientation exhibited an improved performance in suppressing light leakage in the dark state.     

Threshold and saturation properties of the field-induced twist cell with two parameters weak anchoring boundaries

On the basis of two-parameter formula of weak surface coupling anchoring energy of nematic liquid crystals proposed by Zhao et al recently, the general torque equilibrium equation and boundary conditions of the director have been obtained and the threshold field as well as the saturation field of the field-induced twist cell have been analysed for three kinds of configurations, i.e. homogeneous, splay and Pi cells formed by different rubbing conditions and pretilt angles. The results indicated that the polar anchoring has no effect on the threshold field. It is determined only by the twist anchoring and pretilt angle. But, the polar anchoring and twist anchoring are coupling with each other and have a great influence on the saturation field. The formulae for calculating the threshold field and saturation field are given. These results will be very useful in understanding surface physics and the design of liquid crystal cells.     

可弯曲式微腔有机电致发光器件的光学特性

设计了结构为上反射镜/有机层/下反射镜/柔性基板的可弯曲式有机电致发光器件(FOLED)。利用几何光学模型计算了器件在不同弯曲情况下,其发光光谱随观测角和曲率的影响,并与平整器件的光谱作了比较。结果表明:1)基板向内弯曲时,随着观测角的增大,器件的发光光谱峰值出现蓝移,且蓝移的程度相对平整器件要大;随着曲率的增大,器件的发光光谱峰值出现蓝移。2)基板向外弯曲时,随着观测角的增大,器件的发光光谱峰值出现红移,但红移的程度不大;随着曲率的增大,器件的发光光谱峰值出现红移,且与基板向内弯曲时蓝移的程度相当。