TY - JOUR
T1 - The advanced highly scattering optical transmission polymer backlight for liquid crystal displays
AU - Tagaya, Akihiro
AU - Ishii, Suguru
AU - Yokoyama, Kazuaki
AU - Higuchi, Eizaburo
AU - Koike, Yasuhiro
PY - 2002/4
Y1 - 2002/4
N2 - We have demonstrated the advanced highly scattering optical transmission (HSOT) polymer backlight that was designed by the HSOT designing simulation program. This backlight exhibited approximately three times higher luminance and 20% higher efficiency than the conventional flat-type HSOT backlight of 14.1-inch diagonal because of the microscopic prism structures at the bottom of the advanced HSOT light guide plate. The HSOT polymer containing the optimized heterogeneous structures produced homogeneous scattered light with forward directivity and sufficient color uniformity. Optimization of the heterogeneous structure is important in order to utilize the taper effect and the microscopic prism structures.
AB - We have demonstrated the advanced highly scattering optical transmission (HSOT) polymer backlight that was designed by the HSOT designing simulation program. This backlight exhibited approximately three times higher luminance and 20% higher efficiency than the conventional flat-type HSOT backlight of 14.1-inch diagonal because of the microscopic prism structures at the bottom of the advanced HSOT light guide plate. The HSOT polymer containing the optimized heterogeneous structures produced homogeneous scattered light with forward directivity and sufficient color uniformity. Optimization of the heterogeneous structure is important in order to utilize the taper effect and the microscopic prism structures.
KW - Backlight
KW - Heterogeneous structure
KW - Highly scattering optical transmission polymer
KW - Light guide plate
KW - Liquid crystal display
KW - Mie scattering
KW - The Monte Carlo method
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U2 - 10.1143/jjap.41.2241
DO - 10.1143/jjap.41.2241
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036529453
VL - 41
SP - 2241
EP - 2248
JO - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
JF - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
SN - 0021-4922
IS - 4
ER -