title: Reflective three-dimensional displays using the cholesteric liquid crystal with an inner patterned retarder.
abstract: We propose a reflective three-dimensional (3D) display using a cholesteric liquid crystal (ChLC) with an inner patterned retarder producing half-wave retardation. The inner patterned retarder, fabricated by selective ultra-violet exposure to the aligned reactive mesogen, divides the circularly polarized light reflected from the ChLC layer into two orthogonal circular polarizations. These reflected orthogonal polarizations construct stereoscopic 3D images without any optical components such as a polarizer and backlight unit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Display Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang-Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Uiyeong
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Yeon-Kyu
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Jeong Wook
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: You-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chang-Jae
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D016288:Computer Terminals; D003626:Data Display; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation*; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*