Fast In-Plane Switching of a Liquid Crystal Cell Triggered by a Vertical Electric Field

作者:Baek Jong In*; Kim Ki Han; Kim Jae Chang; Yoon Tae Hoon; Woo Hwa Sung; Shin Sung Tae; Souk Jun Hyung
来源:Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2009, 48(10): 104505.
DOI:10.1143/JJAP.48.104505

摘要

We propose a fast two-step switching method of a homogeneous-aligned liquid crystal (LC) cell, where a trigger pulse is applied to align LCs vertically for a moment before they are in-plane switched to show a bright state. Because LCs aligned vertically by a trigger pulse are in a transient state rather than the stable state, the turn-on becomes faster. The turn-off also becomes faster because the pulse forcibly aligns the LC vertically to show the dark state. Experimental results show that significant acceleration of the grey-to-grey response a smell as on-off switching can be achieved by the proposed switching method.

  • 出版日期2009-10