title: Optimization of an optical configuration in a vertical alignment liquid crystal cell for wide viewing angle.
abstract: We propose an optical structure for a vertical alignment (VA) liquid crystal (LC) cell with a wide viewing angle. The proposed LC cell consists of an A-plate and two C-plates for optical compensation. Optical compensation and optimization to eliminate off-axis light leakage in the entire visible wavelength range are performed on a Poincaré sphere using the Stokes vector and the Muller matrix method. After optimizing the wavelength dispersion of the retardation films that are used, we prove that the proposed VA LC cell can improve the viewing angle and contrast ratio by calculating optical characteristics, particularly in diagonal directions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronics Engineering, Dong-A University, Pusan 604-714, South Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Seung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hee Lee
authors.forename: Gi-Dong
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Lee