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Method for giving cholesteric liquid crystals a planar orientation free from faulty inclination

US5500752A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 1995
Grant dateMar 19, 1996
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/13718
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A liquid crystal cell comprising a cholesteric liquid crystal (3) between parallel plates (1, 2) as used e.g. for optical filters. The previously unavoidable interference through faulty disinclination is eliminated in that the cholesteric liquid crystal is mixed with a nematic or smectic liquid crystal material having negative dielectric anisotropy and the cell is subjected to an electric field directed at right angles to the plates.

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