Title :
Antiferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon
Author :
Underwood, I. ; Vass, D.G. ; Newsam, M.I. ; Oton, J.M. ; Quintana, X. ; Chan, L. ; Flannigan, N. ; Swedenkrans, G. ; Rampin, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Edinburgh Univ., UK
Abstract :
We have explored the two combinations of tristate antiferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon, and thresholdless antiferroelectric (or V-shaped) liquid crystal on silicon. The primary aim of our work has been to characterise the suitability of such materials for use on reflective silicon backplanes and to design and evaluate an AFLCoS microdisplay.
Keywords :
antiferroelectric liquid crystals; driver circuits; light valves; liquid crystal displays; optical backplanes; smart pixels; spatial light modulators; SLM; Si; V-shaped liquid crystal; antiferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon; drive scheme; electro-optical characterization; microdisplay; reflective silicon backplanes; thresholdless antiferroelectric liquid crystal; tristate antiferroelectric liquid crystal; Amplitude modulation; Backplanes; Circuit testing; Crystalline materials; Ferroelectric materials; Liquid crystal on silicon; Microdisplays; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic-Enhanced Optics, Optical Sensing in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Electro-Optics in Space, Broadband Optical Networks, 2000. Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Aventura, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6252-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2000.869682
