title: Optical configuration for symmetric and high contrast ratio in three-dimensional polarization switching display.
abstract: We propose an optical configuration to achieve symmetric and high contrast ratio (CR) in three-dimensional (3D) polarization switching (PS) displays. This optical configuration is accomplished using three retardation films and a λ/2 retardation switching panel. Typically, λ/2 retardation switching in the PS panels has an unanticipated asymmetric CR on the left- and right-hand side of 3D glasses because of the wavelength-dependent phase dispersion. To overcome this problem, we designed an optical configuration and applied it to the electrically controlled birefringence (ECB) cell. As a result, symmetric and high CRs are obtained for the 3D PS display.
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Materials Engineering for Information and Electronics, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Taehyung
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sunhwan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyung-Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seung-Chul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Moonsoo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Suk-Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001718:Birefringence; D004867:Equipment Design; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007909:Lenses; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods