An alphanumeric display formed by a layer of liquid crystal material sandwiched between two sheets of glass; a transparent conductive coating on the glass is etched to form the character segments. An applied voltage causes the appropriate segments...

A form of liquid crystal widely used in displays, achieved by sandwiching a liquid crystal material between two substrates...

An LCD that has pixels with no internal drive transistors.

A spatial light modulator (SLM) is an optical device that modulates or manipulates the amplitude, phase, or polarization of...

Liquid crystals are a state of matter that exhibits properties intermediate between those of conventional liquids and solid...

An electronic display in which a flat screen is formed by an orthogonal array of display devices, such as electroluminescent...

When applied to LCD grids, the active matrix is a means of supplying power to pixels by use of a transistor and capacitor....

Any of the constants that relate the tendency of the director to remain parallel to restoring torques throughout the media....

A computer-generated hologram (CGH) is a holographic image produced using computational methods and algorithms, rather than...

In a liquid crystal system, the director refers to the local symmetry axis around which the long range order of the liquid...

A form of liquid crystal with an appearance of moving, threadlike structures, particularly visible when observed in thick...

The state of a liquid crystal in which the molecules are arranged in layers with their long axes in the plane of each layer....

A wireless stereo imaging device used in conjunction with a monitor to produce a virtual interactive environment. Liquid...

A device that uses nematic liquid crystals sandwiched between fused silica substrates to change the phase of polarized...

A form of liquid crystal in which the 90° twist of the twisted nematic phase has been increased to 180° or more,...

Polarization refers to the orientation of oscillations in a transverse wave, such as light waves, radio waves, or other...

A form of liquid crystal in which flow does not take place in the usual manner. When examined with polarized light, the...

A liquid crystal light valve (LCLV), also known as a spatial light modulator (SLM), is an optical device that modulates the...

Optical switching refers to the process of controlling the routing or transmission of optical signals within a network using...

State typically studied in liquid crystals in which the dielectric coefficient parallel to the director is less than the...

A liquid crystal display using the material in its supertwisted nematic phase; the birefringence of the liquid crystal...

A microdisplay is a miniature electronic display technology that is designed to project visual information onto a small...

The dielectric coefficient parallel to the director in a liquid crystal display (LCD), rather than perpendicular to the...

Liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) is a display technology that combines liquid crystal materials with silicon-based...

Optoelectronics is a branch of electronics that focuses on the study and application of devices and systems that use light...

Optical materials refer to substances or compounds specifically chosen for their optical properties and used in the...

A structure consisting of a thin film of liquid crystal sandwiched between light-polarizing filters that have received a...