Optical display including a cholesteric layer, a display device and a diffusing layer on an exit side of the cholesteric layer
First Claim
1. An optical display comprising:
- a display device adapted to display an image by modulating light;
a cholesteric layer disposed on an optical path for the light that penetrates the display device, the cholesteric layer being adapted to reflect or transmit either of a right-handed circularly polarized light component and a left-handed circularly polarized light component in a selected wavelength band of the light, the cholesteric layer being a hardened layer having cholesteric regularity and formed of a material selected from the group consisting of a hardened polymerizable monomer, a hardened polymerizable oligomer, and a liquid crystal polymer; and
a diffusing layer disposed on an exit side of the cholesteric layer to diffuse the circularly polarized light component reflected or transmitted by the cholesteric layer.
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Abstract
A wavelength-selecting optical element includes a cholesteric layer that reflects or transmits either of a right-handed circularly polarized light component and a left-handed circularly polarized light component in a selected wavelength band of an incident light; and a diffusing layer disposed on the exit side of the cholesteric layer to diffuse the circularly polarized light component reflected or transmitted by the cholesteric layer. The cholesteric layer may be a color filter having a red, a green and a blue pixel region for each of pixels. Each of the pixel regions reflects or transmits either of a right-handed circularly polarized light component and a left-handed circularly polarized light component in a selected wavelength band of an incident light.
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1. An optical display comprising:
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a display device adapted to display an image by modulating light; a cholesteric layer disposed on an optical path for the light that penetrates the display device, the cholesteric layer being adapted to reflect or transmit either of a right-handed circularly polarized light component and a left-handed circularly polarized light component in a selected wavelength band of the light, the cholesteric layer being a hardened layer having cholesteric regularity and formed of a material selected from the group consisting of a hardened polymerizable monomer, a hardened polymerizable oligomer, and a liquid crystal polymer; and a diffusing layer disposed on an exit side of the cholesteric layer to diffuse the circularly polarized light component reflected or transmitted by the cholesteric layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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