Bistable switching of twist direction in a twisted-nematic liquid crystal cell

作者:Song Dong Han*; Lee Joong Ha; Lee Seung Ju; Kim Sang il; Lim Soonkwon; Shin Sung Tae; Kim Jae Chang; Yoon Tae Hoon
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2010, 97(6): 063501.
DOI:10.1063/1.3478842

摘要

We propose a bistable liquid crystal mode based on switching of the twist direction in a conventional pi/2-twisted nematic cell. Switching between the -pi/2 and +pi/2 twist states can be performed by applying vertical and/or in-plane electric fields. The proposed bistable mode has an infinite memory time because the two stable twist states have the same elastic free energy.

  • 出版日期2010-8-9