Fundamentals of Liquid Crystal Devices

From laptop computers and mobile phones to digital cinema, LiquidCrystal Displays (LCDs) are integral components in an increasingarray of highly desirable consumer electronics and communicationdevices, and are already the predominant technology used in flatpanel displays.This inter-disciplinary book is intended as an introductoryguide to the fundamental properties of liquid crystals and theirapplications in display and photonic devices, providing a basicunderstanding of the physics, optics, electro-optics, and materialaspects for state-of-the-art display and photonic devices.Fundamentals of Liquid Crystal Devicesincludes:* A comprehensive overview of LCDs including liquid crystalphysics, electro-optical properties, simulation techniques anddisplay and photonic applications.* Numerous examples and case studies, solved problems andchallenging homework conundrums starting with basic physics andgradually introducing advanced device concepts and structures.* The principles for designing advanced specialist transmissive,reflective, and transflective liquid crystal displays.* Chapters on emerging technologies such as tuneable liquidcrystal photonic devices including laser beam steering, lightswitches for telecommunication and tunable-focus lenses.Fundamentals of Liquid Crystal Devices is avaluable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate studentsfollowing display systems courses, who will benefit from itssystematic approach. The introduction of advanced device conceptsand structures means that display engineers, scientists, andtechnicians active in the field can also utilise this uniqueresource, as can developers of a wide range of systems andapplications.The Society for Information Display (SID) is an internationalsociety, which has the aim of encouraging the development of allaspects of the field of information display. Complementary to theaims of the society, the Wiley-SID series is intended to explainthe latest developments in information display technology at aprofessional level. The broad scope of the series addresses allfacets of information displays from technical aspects throughsystems and prototypes to standards and ergonomics