Advanced liquid crystal devices for augmented reality and virtual reality displays: principles and applications

K Yin, EL Hsiang, J Zou, Y Li, Z Yang, Q Yang… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and photonic devices play a pivotal role to augmented reality
(AR) and virtual reality (VR). The recently emerging high-dynamic-range (HDR) mini-LED …

Liquid crystal display and organic light-emitting diode display: present status and future perspectives

HW Chen, JH Lee, BY Lin, S Chen… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
Recently,'Liquid crystal display (LCD) vs. organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display: who
wins?'has become a topic of heated debate. In this review, we perform a systematic and …

Narrow-band emitters in LED backlights for liquid-crystal displays

M Zhao, Q Zhang, Z Xia - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, narrow-band emitters have been recognized as key enablers for light
emitting diodes (LEDs) backlights in liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) by competing with other …

Going beyond the limit of an LCD's color gamut

HW Chen, RD Zhu, J He, W Duan, W Hu… - Light: Science & …, 2017 - nature.com
In this study, we analyze how a backlight's peak wavelength, full-width at half-maximum
(FWHM), and color filters affect the color gamut of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and …

Optimized blue-phase liquid crystal for field-sequential-color displays

Y Huang, H Chen, G Tan, H Tobata… - Optical Materials …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We report an optimized blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC) mixture JC-BP08 for field-
sequential-color (FSC) display applications. JC-BP08 exhibits several attractive features: 1) …

Doubling the optical efficiency of VR systems with a directional backlight and a diffractive deflection film

J Zou, T Zhan, EL Hsiang, X Du, X Yu, K Li, ST Wu - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an approach to double the optical efficiency of virtual reality (VR) systems
based on a directional backlight and a diffractive deflection film (DDF). The directional …

Fabrication of tungsten-based optical diffuser using fiberform nanostructure via efficient plasma route

S Feng, H Natsume, S Kajita, E Li, R Yasuhara… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Optical diffusion is an essential process used to manage photons in a wide range of
photoelectric systems. This work proposes an approach to fabricate novel optical diffusers …

Submillisecond-response liquid crystal for high-resolution virtual reality displays

F Gou, H Chen, MC Li, SL Lee, ST Wu - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We report a vertically-aligned liquid crystal display (LCD) device with submillisecond
response time, high transmittance, and low operation voltage. The top substrate has a …

Low-voltage blue-phase liquid crystal display with diamond-shape electrodes

H Chen, YF Lan, CY Tsai, ST Wu - Liquid Crystals, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
We propose a new electrode configuration, called diamond-shape in-plane switching, to
lower the operation voltage of polymer-stabilised blue-phase liquid crystal (BPLC) displays …

Advanced liquid crystal displays with supreme image qualities

H Chen, ST Wu - Liquid Crystals Today, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT 'LCD vs. OLED: who wins?'is a heated debatable question. Each technology
has its own pros and cons. We review recent advances in liquid crystal displays (LCDs) from …