WO2004113972A1 - 光学素子、集光バックライトシステムおよび液晶表示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an optical element using a circular polarization type reflective polarizer.
- the present invention also relates to a light-collecting backlight system using the optical element, and a liquid crystal display device using the same.
- the light emitted from the light source is condensed by the surface shape of a prism sheet, lens sheet, etc. to efficiently enter the liquid crystal display device etc.
- a technique of condensing emitted light in the front direction by an element or the like to improve luminance is generally used.
- the reflective polarizer referred to here has a function of separating the incident light component of natural light into transmission polarization and reflection polarization depending on the polarization state.
- a retardation plate controlled so that the phase difference value in the normal incidence direction and the phase difference value in the oblique incidence direction are specifically different is inserted between the polarizers, the angle distribution of the transmitted light is restricted, and the absorption type polarization is applied. It is described that if a beam is used, light rays are transmitted only in the vicinity of the front, and all peripheral light rays are absorbed (for example, Japanese Patent No. 2561483, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-3210). No. 25). If a reflective polarizer is used as the polarizer, light rays are transmitted only in the vicinity of the front, and all peripheral light rays are reflected. By using such a theory, the light emitted from the backlight can be focused without absorption loss. It is possible to make parallel light.
- the thin film layer that generates parallel light is on the order of several tens to several hundreds of meters even if the reflective polarizer is included, making it extremely thin compared to prism arrays and lens array sheets.
- the design is easy.
- a cholesteric liquid crystal polymer (thickness of about 10 / ⁇ 1) is used as the reflective polarizer, and the retarder to be combined is also a liquid crystal polymer coated thin film (thickness of about If the layers are laminated at a thickness of about 5 ⁇ ), the total thickness can be reduced to 50 ⁇ m or less. If each layer is directly applied and the interface is eliminated, the thickness can be further reduced.
- Natural light emitted from the light source is separated into transmitted polarized light and reflected polarized light by the first reflective polarizer.
- the transmitted polarized light has a front phase difference (normal direction) of almost zero, and a phase difference of ⁇ / 8 or more with respect to incident light incident at an angle of 30 ° or more with respect to the normal direction.
- the light having an angle near the normal direction of the transmitted polarized light is transmitted by the second reflective polarizer as it is because of the layer (hereinafter, also referred to as a C-plate).
- the polarization state changes due to the phase difference, and the polarization component reflected by the second reflective polarizer increases and is reflected.
- the reflected polarized light receives the phase difference again, changes its polarization state, and becomes polarized light that passes through the first reflective polarizer.
- the reflected polarized light passes through the first reflected polarized light and is returned to the light source unit.
- the light reflected by the first reflective polarizer and the light reflected by the second reflective polarizer are depolarized by a diffuse reflector provided below the light source and the light beam direction is bent. Part of the returned light repeats reflection until it becomes polarized light that can be transmitted by the reflective polarizer near the normal direction, contributing to the improvement of brightness.
- the C-plate is a retardation layer that converts incident light incident at an angle of 30 ° to the normal direction to reverse circularly polarized light, it is practically in the range of about 15 to 20 °.
- the transmitted light is concentrated. However, only light incident at a certain angle receives the phase difference of ⁇ 2. Above or below this angle, there is no complete circular polarization opposite to the incident light. For this reason, when the light is condensed to this extent, the light incident at a large angle with respect to the normal direction receives a phase difference of ⁇ 2 or more, so that it does not become completely opposite circularly polarized light to the incident light. It becomes a circularly polarized light and a part is transmitted without being reflected. In particular, the more the light is condensed and collimated in the normal direction, the more the amount of light incident at a large angle to the normal direction increases, and the transmitted light increases the viewing angle in the normal direction. The color became bigger when knocked down.
- the present invention is an optical element that can collect and collimate incident light from a light source by using two or more circularly-polarized reflective polarizers, and light incident at a large angle with respect to the normal direction. It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical element capable of reducing coloring of the optical element.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a light-collecting pack light system using the optical element, and further to provide a liquid crystal display device.
- the present inventors have conducted intensive studies to solve the above problems, and as a result, have found the following optical element and completed the present invention. That is, the present invention is as follows.
- An optical element in which at least two circularly polarized reflective polarizers (a) in which selective reflection wavelength bands of polarized light overlap each other are laminated,
- At least two circularly-polarized reflective polarizers (a) are arranged such that the sides of the circularly-polarized reflective polarizer (a) that selectively reflect short wavelengths in the selective reflection wavelength band face each other.
- the front phase difference (normal direction) is almost zero between the layers of the circular polarization type reflective polarizer (a), and the incident light is inclined at least 30 ° with respect to the normal direction; 8 The optical element as described in 1 above, wherein the layer (b) having the above phase difference is arranged.
- the retardation layer (b) is a first layer of the retardation layer (b) is a first layer of the retardation layer (b) is a first layer of the retardation layer (b) is a first layer of the retardation layer (b) is a first layer of the retardation layer (b) is a first layer of the retardation layer (b) is a first layer of the retardation layer (b) is a first layer of the retardation layer (b) is
- An inorganic layered compound having a negative uniaxial property oriented and fixed so that the optical axis is in the direction normal to the surface;
- optical element according to any one of the above items 1 to 4, wherein the optical element is at least one selected from the group consisting of:
- a circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) arranged on the viewing side (liquid crystal cell side) is provided with an I 4 plate so that the transmitted light from the light source side is linearly polarized.
- the optical element according to any one of 1 to 5 above.
- optical element as described in any one of 1 to 7 above, wherein the respective layers are laminated using a translucent adhesive or a pressure-sensitive adhesive.
- a light-collecting pack light system wherein at least a light source is arranged on the optical element according to any one of the above items 1 to 8.
- a liquid crystal display device comprising at least a liquid crystal cell arranged in the condensing pack light system described in 9 above.
- a liquid crystal display device according to the item 10, wherein a diffuser plate having no backscattering or depolarization is laminated on the liquid crystal cell viewing side. (Action ⁇ effect)
- the optical element (A) according to the present invention is arranged such that the circularly polarized reflective polarizer (a) is arranged such that the sides that selectively reflect the short wavelengths of the selective reflection wavelength band face each other, thereby providing a large reflection in the normal direction. The coloring of light incident at an angle is reduced.
- the optical element (A) of the present invention has, for example, two layers of a circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) laminated as shown in FIGS. In the examples of FIGS. 1 and 2, the retardation layer (b) is arranged between the circularly-polarized reflection polarizers (a). In Fig. 1 and Fig.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the optical element (A) which is laminated in the order of (a: RGB) retardation layer (b) / (a: BGR).
- the longer pitch side corresponding to the selective reflection wavelength is the longer wavelength side
- the shorter pitch side is the shorter wavelength side.
- the cholesteric liquid crystal layer works as a C-plate when the incident light passes through a region other than the selected wavelength region where it is reflected ( ⁇ . Takezoneeta 1. J. Ap 1. 22, 108 (1 983), that is, as a circularly polarized reflective polarizer (a), the pitch length of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer on the long wavelength (R) side is extremely large. If a larger one is used, the circularly polarized light It has been found that the type reflection polarizer (a) sometimes functions as a uniaxial retardation plate.
- the optical element (A) of the present invention in the case where the cholesteric liquid crystal layer was used as the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a), the cause of oblique coloring was investigated. .
- Optical element (A) ideally provides a neutral shielding effect without coloring when R, G, and B light receive the same ratio of phase difference for each wavelength under the same incident angle condition. And is reflected most efficiently. Therefore, depending on the cholesteric liquid crystal layer used as the circular polarization type reflective polarizer (a), the phase difference value (nm) received by each light preferably satisfies R> G> B.
- Fig. 2 (1) is a conceptual diagram showing the polarization separation of the short-wavelength (B) obliquely incident light when a cholesteric liquid crystal layer is used as the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a).
- (2) is a conceptual diagram showing polarization separation of obliquely incident long wavelength (R) light.
- R long wavelength
- the optical element (A) laminated with the short-wavelength (B) side of the circularly-polarized reflective polarizer (a) facing each other has a phase difference of light of each wavelength of R, G, and B. Is corrected in the ideal direction.
- the optical element (A) of the present invention even when light is condensed and parallelized, coloring of light incident at a large angle with respect to the normal direction can be reduced.
- the front luminance did not change as compared with other lamination directions.
- Various laminating directions of the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) other than those described above are conceivable.
- FIG. 3 shows the circular polarization type
- Fig. 3 (2) is a conceptual diagram showing polarization separation of short-wavelength (B) obliquely incident light when a cholesteric liquid crystal layer is used as the polarizer (a).
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating polarization separation of R).
- the three wavelengths of R, G, and B light obliquely incident are polarized and separated by the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer and reflected by the second cholesteric liquid crystal layer.
- the phase difference (re) received practically becomes B>G> R. Therefore, the circularly polarized reflective polarizer (a) itself affects the phase difference, giving a phase difference different from the originally designed value, resulting in coloring and a reduction in the amount of light.
- the cholesteric liquid crystal layer acts as a C-plate except at the pitch interval where light is reflected. Therefore, as shown in Fig. 3, even if the layers are laminated as (a: RGB) retardation layer (b) / (a: RGB), it is possible to reduce the coloring if the part B is extremely thick. Conceivable. However, it is not preferable to increase the thickness of B because a large amount of liquid crystal, which is very expensive in terms of material, is required.
- the optical element of the present invention is a parallel light conversion system that can be easily designed to be thin. Further, the optical element of the present invention can be used by being bonded, which is also advantageous in terms of handling. By combining a condensing backlight light source using these optical elements with a diffuser plate that does not generate depolarization with little backscattering, it is possible to construct a viewing angle expansion system.
- a condensing pack light system using the optical element obtained in this way can easily obtain a light source with higher parallelism than before.
- parallel light can be obtained by reflected polarized light which has essentially no absorption loss, the reflected non-parallel light component returns to the pack light side, and the parallel light component in the reflected light is diffused and reflected. Recycling is repeated, and substantially high transmittance and high light utilization efficiency can be obtained.
- FIG. 1 is an example of a cross-sectional view of the optical element of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an example of a cross-sectional view showing reflected polarized light and transmitted polarized light of obliquely incident light when the optical element of the present invention is used.
- FIG. 3 is an example of a cross-sectional view showing the reflection polarization and transmission polarization of obliquely incident light when a comparative optical element is used.
- FIG. 4 is an example of a sectional view of the optical element of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is an example of a cross-sectional view of the optical element of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is an example of a sectional view of the liquid crystal display device of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal display devices of Comparative Examples 1 and 2.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal display device of Comparative Example 3.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing chromaticity diagrams of Example 1 and Comparative Example 1.
- FIG. 10 is a graph showing chromaticity diagrams of Example 2 and Comparative Example 2.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing chromaticity diagrams of Example 3 and Comparative Example 3.
- A is an optical element
- a is a circularly polarized reflective polarizer
- b is a retardation layer
- B is a four-wavelength plate
- C is a polarizing plate
- D is a pack light.
- Figure 1 shows a circular reflective polarizer
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an optical element (A) in which (a) is laminated in two layers and a retardation layer (b) is arranged between circularly polarizing reflective polarizers (a).
- the selective reflection wavelength band of the circularly polarized reflective polarizer (a) is represented by R (610 nm), G (550 nm), and B (435 nm). ing. That is, the optical element
- (A) is laminated in the order of (a: RGB) retardation layer (b) / (a: BGR) so that the sides that selectively reflect short wavelengths face each other.
- the side of the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) on either side may be the light source side.
- FIG. 4 shows an example in which a 14 plate (B) is arranged on the optical element (A) so that the transmitted light from the light source side is linearly polarized.
- ⁇ 4 plate (B) is on the viewing side
- FIG. 5 shows an example in which a polarizing plate (C) on the incident side is further arranged.
- the number of circularly polarizing reflective polarizers (a) is not particularly limited as long as it is two or more. When three or more circularly polarizing reflective polarizers (a) are used, In both cases, the two circularly polarizing reflective polarizers (a) are arranged as described above. It is preferable to arrange the circularly polarized reflective polarizer (a) in the above combination so as to be on the light source side. When three or more circularly-polarized reflective polarizers (a) are used, the circularly-polarized reflective polarizers (a) should be stacked so that as many combinations as possible with the short wavelength sides facing each other are possible. Is preferred.
- the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) is preferably provided with three to five layers. Good to stop.
- the circular polarization type reflective polarizer (a) for example, a cholesteric liquid crystal material is used. It is desirable to achieve total reflection of light having a wavelength near 550 nm, which has high visibility from the viewpoint of improving brightness, and it is desirable to reflect at least in the wavelength region of 550 nm ⁇ 10 nm. It is desirable that the selective reflection wavelengths of the polarizers overlap.
- the reflective polarizers may be in exactly the same combination, or one may have reflection at all wavelengths of visible light and the other may have partial reflection.
- the circularly polarized reflective polarizer (a) is a cholesteric material
- the same concept applies to the combination of different types (right-handed and left-handed); the frontal phase difference is zero or ⁇ when tilted by 1/2. If this is the case, a similar polarizer can be obtained, but this is not preferable because problems such as anisotropy and coloring due to the azimuth of the inclined axis occur. From such a viewpoint, a combination of the same types (right twists, left twists) is preferable.
- the cholesteric liquid crystal constituting the circularly polarizing reflection polarizer (a) an appropriate one may be used, and there is no particular limitation.
- liquid crystal polymer that exhibits cholesteric liquid crystallinity at high temperatures, or a polymerizable liquid crystal obtained by polymerizing a liquid crystal monomer and, if necessary, a chiral agent and an alignment aid by irradiation with ionizing radiation such as an electron beam or ultraviolet light or heat. Or mixtures thereof.
- the liquid crystal properties may be either lyotropic or thermotropic. However, from the viewpoint of easy control and easy formation of a monodomain, it is preferable that the liquid crystal be a thermopic liquid crystal.
- the cholesteric liquid crystal layer can be formed by a method according to a conventional alignment treatment.
- a support substrate such as triacetyl cellulose or amorphous polyolefin having the smallest possible birefringence retardation.
- a liquid crystal is formed on an alignment film that has been formed by rubbing with rayon cloth or the like after forming a film of amide imide, polyetherimide, etc., or an oblique evaporation layer of SiO, or an alignment film formed by stretching.
- the polymer is developed and heated to a temperature equal to or higher than the glass transition temperature but lower than the isotropic phase transition temperature.
- the liquid crystal polymer molecules are cooled to a temperature lower than the glass transition temperature in a state where the liquid crystal polymer molecules are aligned in a planar state, and the alignment is fixed.
- a method of forming a solidified layer Liquid crystal polymer film formation involves, for example, spin-coating, roll-coating, flow-coating, printing, dip-coating, casting, percolating, and gravure printing of a solution of a liquid-crystalline polymer in a solvent. It can be carried out by, for example, a method of developing a thin layer by a method or the like, and then drying it as necessary.
- solvent for example, methylene chloride, cyclohexanone, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethane, N-methylpyrrolidone, tetrahydrofuran and the like can be appropriately selected and used.
- a heated melt of a liquid crystal polymer preferably a heated melt in a state exhibiting an isotropic phase
- a method in which a heated melt of a liquid crystal polymer, preferably a heated melt in a state exhibiting an isotropic phase is developed in accordance with the above, and if necessary, further developed into a thin layer and solidified while maintaining the melting temperature.
- This method does not use a solvent, and therefore the liquid crystal polymer can be developed even by a method with good sanitation of the working environment.
- a method of superimposing a cholesteric liquid crystal layer with an alignment film interposed therebetween may be employed as needed for the purpose of reducing the thickness.
- these optical layers can be peeled off from the support base material used for film formation and transferred to another optical material for use.
- the above-mentioned cholesteric liquid crystal layer or the like is used as the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) whose short wavelength sides face each other.
- the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) whose short wavelength sides face each other.
- a combination of the linear polarization type reflection polarizer and four plates is used as the circular polarization type reflection polarizer (a) other than the above combination.
- Linear polarizing reflective polarizers include grid polarizers, two or more multilayer thin film laminates of two or more materials having different refractive indexes, and vapor deposition with different refractive indexes used in beam splitters, etc.
- polyethylene naphthalate polyethylene terephthalate
- a material that generates a phase difference by stretching typified by polycarbonate
- an acryl-based resin typified by polymethyl methacrylate
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- a resin obtained by alternately uniaxially stretching a resin having a small amount of retardation such as a norpolenene-based resin represented by the above-mentioned arton, as a multilayer laminate.
- a circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) combining a linearly polarizing reflective polarizer and a ⁇ ⁇ 4 plate is used as the lowermost layer (for example, when two sheets are laminated, the first sheet from the pack light side) From the pack light side, a linear polarization type reflection polarizer and then a ⁇ 4 plate are arranged in this order.
- the order of the pack light side is 4/4, then the linearly polarizing reflective polarizer.
- a retardation layer (b) can be provided between the circularly polarizing reflective polarizers (a).
- the retardation layer (b) has almost zero retardation in the front direction.
- the front phase difference is desirably ⁇ / 10 or less because the purpose is to maintain vertically incident polarized light.
- the retardation layer (b) has a phase difference of ⁇ Z 8 or more with respect to incident light at an angle of 30 ° from the normal direction.
- L / 2 is effective for the retardation layer (b).
- the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer itself has a phase difference.
- the polarization state of the transmitted light by the circular polarization type reflection polarizer changes due to the C-plate-like birefringence of the reflection polarizer itself. Therefore, the phase difference of a normally inserted C-plate measured at that angle is approximately ⁇ / 2, which is the sum of the phase difference between the circularly-polarized reflective polarizer through which the incident light has passed and the C-plate. It is preferred that
- the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) When a circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) is used, the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) is sufficiently thick when a cholesteric liquid crystal layer is used. When the function as the retardation layer is generated only by the reflective polarizer, the retardation layer (b) is unnecessary.
- the material of the retardation layer (b) is not particularly limited as long as it has the above optical characteristics.
- a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal having a reflection wavelength outside the visible light range (380 nm to 780 nm) a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal alignment state, a rod-shaped liquid crystal having a fixed homeotropic aperture pick alignment state
- Examples include those utilizing columnar orientation and nematic orientation of discotic liquid crystals, those in which negative uniaxial crystals are oriented in-plane, and those in which biaxially oriented polymer films are used.
- Examples include films obtained from at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of (amidoimide) and poly (ester imid). These films are prepared by applying a solution obtained by dissolving the polymer in a solvent to a base material, passing through a drying process, can get.
- the substrate is preferably formed using a substrate having a dimensional change rate of 1% or less in the drying step. Further, there is a liquid crystal in which the alignment direction of a nematic liquid crystal or discotic liquid crystal is fixed so that the alignment direction changes continuously in the thickness direction.
- the C-plate which has a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal having a selective reflection wavelength outside the visible light region (380 ⁇ ! ⁇ 780 nm), has a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal. Therefore, it is desirable that the visible light region has no coloring or the like. Therefore, it is necessary that the selective reflection light is not in the visible region.
- the selective reflection is uniquely determined by the chiral pitch of the cholesteric and the refractive index of the liquid crystal.
- the value of the central wavelength of selective reflection may be in the near-infrared region, but it may be in the ultraviolet region of 350 nm or less because it is affected by optical rotation and causes a somewhat complicated phenomenon. Is more desirable.
- the cholesteric liquid crystal layer is formed in the same manner as in the formation of the cholesteric layer in the reflective polarizer.
- a C-plate with a fixed homeotropic orientation is prepared by applying a liquid crystalline thermoplastic resin or liquid crystal monomer that exhibits nematic liquid crystallinity at low temperature and an alignment aid, if necessary, to an ionizing radiation such as an electron beam or ultraviolet light.
- a liquid crystalline thermoplastic resin or liquid crystal monomer that exhibits nematic liquid crystallinity at low temperature and an alignment aid, if necessary, to an ionizing radiation such as an electron beam or ultraviolet light.
- Polymerizable liquid crystal polymerized by heat or a mixture thereof is used.
- the liquid crystal properties may be either lyotropic or thermotropic. However, from the viewpoint of easy control and ease of forming a monodomain, it is desirable that the liquid crystal be a thermostatic-opening liquid crystal.
- the homeotropic alignment can be obtained, for example, by applying the birefringent material on a film on which a vertical alignment film (such as a long-chain alkylsilane) is formed, and developing and fixing
- negative uniaxiality is used as a liquid crystal material, such as a phthalocyanine compound or a phthalene compound having a molecular spread in a plane.
- a discotic liquid crystal material having the following characteristics is fixed by developing a nematic phase or a columnar phase.
- the negative uniaxial inorganic layered compound is described in detail in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-82877.
- the C-plate using the biaxial orientation of the polymer film is a method of biaxially stretching a polymer film having a positive refractive index anisotropy with good balance.
- Each of the retardation layers (b) obtained by a pressing method, a method of cutting out from a parallel-oriented crystal, or the like may be composed of a single retardation plate, and may have a desired retardation. Two or more retardation plates can be laminated and used
- the above layers may be laminated only, but it is desirable to laminate each layer using an adhesive or a pressure-sensitive adhesive from the viewpoint of workability and light use efficiency.
- the adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive is transparent, has no absorption in the visible light region, and the refractive index is preferably as close as possible to the refractive index of each layer from the viewpoint of suppressing surface reflection.
- an acrylic adhesive is preferably used.
- Each layer is separately formed into a monodomain in the form of an alignment film and then sequentially laminated by a method such as transfer to a light-transmissive substrate, or an alignment layer is provided without an adhesive layer. It is also possible to appropriately form a film or the like and directly form each layer sequentially.
- Each layer and the (adhesive) adhesive layer may be further added with particles to adjust the degree of diffusion as necessary to impart isotropic scattering, or may be used with an ultraviolet absorber, an antioxidant, and a leveling agent during film formation.
- Surfactants and the like can be appropriately added for the purpose of imparting lubricity.
- a diffuse reflector below the light guide plate as the light source (the side opposite to the liquid crystal cell arrangement surface).
- the main component of the light reflected by the collimating film is an obliquely incident component, which is specularly reflected by the collimating film and returned to the pack light direction.
- specular reflectivity of the rear-side reflector is high, the reflection angle is preserved, and the light cannot be emitted in the front direction, resulting in loss light. Therefore, it is desirable to dispose a diffuse reflector in order to increase the scattered reflection component in the front direction without maintaining the reflection angle of the reflected return light beam.
- the diffusion plate can be obtained by, for example, embedding fine particles having different refractive indices in a resin, in addition to a material having an uneven surface. This diffuser plate may be sandwiched between the optical element (parallel light conversion film) and the pack light, or may be bonded to the parallel light conversion film.
- the optical element is suitably applied to a liquid crystal display device in which polarizing plates are arranged on both sides of a liquid crystal cell, and the optical element is applied to a polarizing plate side of a light source of the liquid crystal cell.
- a polarizing plate side of a light source of the liquid crystal cell For example, it is applied as shown in Figure 6.
- FIG. 6 only the polarizing plate (C) on the side of the light source is shown as the liquid crystal panel.
- an optical element ( ⁇ ) is laminated on a polarizing plate (C) via a ⁇ / 4 plate ( ⁇ ).
- the ⁇ / 4 plate ( ⁇ ) changes circularly polarized light emitted from the optical element ( ⁇ ) into linearly polarized light and enters the polarizing plate (C).
- a device in which a ⁇ / 4 plate ( ⁇ ) and a polarizing plate (C) are bonded in advance can be used as the optical element of the present invention.
- a diffusion plate without backscattering and depolarization on the viewing side of the liquid crystal cell on the liquid crystal display device combined with the above-mentioned collimated pack light By stacking a diffusion plate without backscattering and depolarization on the viewing side of the liquid crystal cell on the liquid crystal display device combined with the above-mentioned collimated pack light, a light beam with good display characteristics near the front is obtained.
- the viewing angle can be widened by diffusing light and obtaining uniform and good display characteristics within the entire viewing angle.
- a diffusion plate having substantially no back scattering is used.
- the diffusion plate can be provided as a diffusion adhesive.
- the placement location is on the viewing side of the liquid crystal display, but it can be used either above or below the polarizing plate. .
- a film that does not substantially eliminate polarized light is desirable.
- a fine particle-dispersed diffusion plate as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-347700 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-34707 is preferably used. .
- the viewing angle widening film When the viewing angle widening film is located outside the polarizing plate, the light parallelized to the liquid crystal layer and one polarizing plate is transmitted, so in the case of a TN liquid crystal cell, the viewing angle compensating phase plate is not particularly necessary. May be.
- the STN liquid crystal cell it is only necessary to use a retardation film in which only the front characteristics are well compensated.
- the viewing angle widening film since the viewing angle widening film has an air surface, it is possible to adopt a type using a refraction effect due to the surface shape.
- the black matrix of the liquid crystal display device ⁇ the conventional parallel light system of the pack light It interferes with microstructures such as micro lens array, prism array looper, micro mirror array, etc., and tends to cause moire.
- the regular structure is not visually recognized in the plane, and there is no regular modulation in the emitted light, so that it is not necessary to consider the compatibility with the viewing angle widening film and the arrangement order. Therefore, the viewing angle widening film is not particularly limited and has a wide range of options as long as it does not cause pixel moiré and the pixel black matrix of the liquid crystal display device.
- a viewing angle widening film has substantially no backscattering and does not eliminate polarized light, and is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 2000-34067 and 2000-2000.
- a light-scattering plate as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 347007 having a haze of 80% to 90% is suitably used.
- the hologram sheet, micro-prismatic array, micro-lens array, etc. have a regular structure on the inside, they can be used as long as they do not form interference / moire with the pixel black matrix of the liquid crystal display. .
- liquid crystal display device is manufactured by appropriately using various optical layers and the like according to an ordinary method.
- ⁇ 4 plate an appropriate retardation plate according to the purpose of use is used.
- ⁇ 4 plates can control optical characteristics such as retardation by laminating two or more kinds of retardation plates.
- the retardation plate may be made of a suitable polymer such as polycarbonate, norpolene resin, polybutyl alcohol, polystyrene, polymethyl methacrylate, polypropylene or other polyolefin, polyarylate, or polyamide.
- An alignment film composed of a liquid crystal material such as a birefringent film formed by stretching a film and a liquid crystal polymer, and an alignment layer of a liquid crystal material supported by a film.
- the thickness of the / plate is usually preferably 0.5 to 200 ⁇ , and particularly preferably 1 to 10 ⁇ m.
- a retardation plate that functions as a ⁇ 4 plate in a wide wavelength range such as the visible light region is, for example, for light-colored light having a wavelength of 550 nm; ⁇ ⁇
- a retardation layer that functions as a 4 plate and other components For example, a method of superimposing a retardation layer exhibiting the above retardation characteristics, for example, a retardation layer functioning as an I / 2 plate, can be obtained. Therefore, the retardation plate disposed between the polarizing plate and the brightness enhancement film may be composed of one or more retardation layers.
- a polarizing plate having a protective film on one or both sides of a polarizer is generally used.
- the polarizer is not particularly limited, and various types can be used.
- the polarizer include hydrophilic polymer films such as a polyvinyl alcohol-based film, a partially formalized polyvinyl alcohol-based film, and an ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymer-based partially saponified film; Adsorb dichroic substances such as color dyes And a uniaxially stretched film, a dehydrated product of polyvinyl alcohol, a dehydrochlorinated product of polyvinyl chloride, and a polyene-based oriented film.
- a polarizer made of a polybutyl alcohol-based film and a dichroic substance such as iodine is preferable.
- the thickness of these polarizers is not particularly limited, but is generally about 5 to 80 m.
- a polarizer obtained by dyeing a polyvinyl alcohol-based film with iodine and uniaxially stretching is dyed, for example, by immersing polyvinyl alcohol in an aqueous solution of iodine, and stretching it to 3 to 7 times its original length. Can be produced. If necessary, it can be immersed in an aqueous solution such as boric acid which may contain boric acid, zinc sulfate, zinc chloride and the like. If necessary, the polyvinyl alcohol-based film may be immersed in water and washed with water before dyeing.
- Washing the polyvinyl alcohol-based film with water not only removes stains on the surface of the polyvinyl alcohol-based film, but also removes anti-blocking agents, and swells the polyvinyl alcohol-based film to reduce unevenness such as uneven dyeing. It also has the effect of preventing it.
- Stretching may be performed after dyeing with iodine, may be performed while dyeing, or may be stretched and then dyed with iodine.
- the film can be stretched in an aqueous solution of boric acid or calcium iodide or in a water bath.
- polyester polymers such as polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene naphthalate
- cellulosic polymers such as diacetyl cell mouth-spatial cetyl cellulose
- acrylic polymers such as polymethyl methacrylate
- polystyrene examples include styrene-based polymers such as acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer (AS resin), and polycarbonate-based polymers.
- polyolefin polymers such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyolefin having a cyclo- or norpolene structure, ethylene-propylene copolymers, butyl-based polymers, polyamides such as nylon and aromatic polyamides.
- the blended product of the above is also an example of the polymer forming the transparent protective film.
- the transparent protective film can be formed as a cured layer of a thermosetting resin such as an acrylic, urethane, acrylurethane, epoxy, or silicone resin, or a UV-curable resin.
- the polymer film described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-334529 for example, (A) substituted and / or non-substituted And (B) a thermoplastic resin having a substituted and / or unsubstituted phenol in a side chain and a thermoplastic resin having a ditolyl group.
- a specific example is a film of a resin composition containing an alternating copolymer of isoptylene and N-methylmaleide and an acrylonitrile / styrene copolymer.
- a film composed of a mixed extruded product of a resin composition or the like can be used.
- the thickness of the protective film can be determined as appropriate, but is generally about 1 to 500 ⁇ m from the viewpoint of workability such as strength and handleability, and thinness. In particular, it is preferably from 1 to 300 m, more preferably from 5 to 200 m.
- a protective film having a retardation value in the film thickness direction represented by the following formula of from 190 nm to 1775 ⁇ m is preferably used.
- the retardation value in the thickness direction (R th) is more preferably 180 nm to +60 ⁇ m, particularly preferably 100 ⁇ ! ⁇ + 45 nm is preferred.
- a cellulosic polymer such as triacetyl cellulose is preferable from the viewpoints of polarization characteristics and durability. Especially triacetyl cellulose Film is preferred.
- a protective film made of the same polymer material may be used on both sides thereof, or a protective film made of a different polymer material may be used.
- the polarizer and the protective film are usually in close contact with each other via an aqueous adhesive or the like.
- water-based adhesive examples include an isocyanate-based adhesive, a polybutyl alcohol-based adhesive, a gelatin-based adhesive, a bullet-based latex, an aqueous polyurethane, an aqueous polyester, and the like.
- the surface of the transparent protective film on which the polarizer is not adhered may be subjected to a hard coat layer, an anti-reflection treatment, a sticking prevention, a treatment for diffusion or anti-glare.
- the coating treatment is performed for the purpose of preventing scratches on the surface of the polarizing plate, and is, for example, a cured film that is excellent in hardness, sliding properties, etc., made of an appropriate ultraviolet curable resin such as an acrylic or silicone resin. Can be formed on the surface of the transparent protective film.
- the anti-reflection treatment is performed for the purpose of preventing the reflection of external light on the polarizing plate surface, and can be achieved by forming an anti-reflection film or the like according to the related art.
- the anti-stating treatment is performed for the purpose of preventing adhesion to an adjacent layer.
- the anti-glare treatment is performed for the purpose of preventing external light from being reflected on the surface of the polarizing plate and obstructing the permeation of light transmitted through the polarizing plate, for example, such as a sample method or an embossing method.
- the transparent protective film can be formed by giving a fine concave structure to the surface of the transparent protective film by an appropriate method such as a surface roughening method or a method of blending transparent fine particles.
- Examples of the fine particles to be contained in the formation of the surface micro-convex / convex structure include silicon having an average particle size of 0.550 m, alumina, titanium, zirconia, tin oxide, indium oxide, and cadmium oxide.
- Transparent fine particles such as inorganic fine particles of aluminum, antimony oxide and the like, which may be conductive, and organic fine particles of a crosslinked or uncrosslinked polymer or the like are used.
- the amount of the fine particles used is generally about 250 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the transparent resin forming the fine surface uneven structure. Parts by weight are preferred.
- the anti-glare layer diffuses the light transmitted through the polarizing plate to increase the viewing angle, etc. It may also serve as a diffusion layer (for example, a function of enlarging the viewing angle) for the purpose.
- the anti-reflection layer, anti-sticking layer, diffusion layer, anti-glare layer, and the like can be provided on the transparent protective film itself, or separately provided as an optical layer separately from the transparent protective film. You can also.
- a retardation plate is laminated on a polarizing plate as a viewing angle compensation film and used as a wide viewing angle polarizing plate.
- the viewing angle compensation film is a film for widening the viewing angle so that the image can be seen relatively clearly even when the screen of the liquid crystal display device is viewed from a slightly oblique direction, not perpendicular to the screen.
- a biaxially-stretched film, a birefringent film such as a biaxially-stretched film, or a bidirectionally-stretched film such as an obliquely oriented film is also used.
- the obliquely oriented film include a film obtained by bonding a heat shrinkable film to a polymer film and subjecting the polymer film to a stretching treatment or a shrinking treatment under the action of the shrinkage force caused by heating, or an oblique orientation of a liquid crystal polymer. And the like.
- the viewing angle compensation film can be appropriately combined for the purpose of preventing coloring or the like due to a change in the viewing angle based on the phase difference due to the liquid crystal cell, or expanding the viewing angle for good visibility.
- the liquid crystal polymer alignment layer especially the optically anisotropic layer consisting of the discotic liquid crystal polymer tilt alignment layer, was supported by a triacetyl cellulose film because of its wide viewing angle with good visibility.
- An optical compensation retardation plate is preferably used.
- the optical layers to be laminated in practical use are not particularly limited.
- one or two or more optical layers that may be used for forming a liquid crystal display device such as a reflector or a transflector are used. be able to.
- a reflective polarizing plate or a transflective polarizing plate obtained by laminating a reflecting plate or a transflective reflecting plate on an elliptically polarizing plate or a circular polarizing plate can be used.
- the reflective polarizing plate is a polarizing plate provided with a reflective layer, and is used to form a liquid crystal display device or the like that reflects incident light from the viewing side (display side) to display. This has the advantage that the built-in light source can be omitted, and the liquid crystal display device can be easily made thin.
- the reflective polarizer can be formed as necessary. It can be performed by an appropriate method such as a method in which a reflective layer made of metal or the like is provided on one surface of the polarizing plate via a light protection layer or the like.
- a specific example of a reflective polarizing plate is a protective film that has been subjected to a mat treatment as required, and a reflective layer formed by attaching a foil made of a reflective metal such as aluminum to a vapor-deposited film on one surface.
- a protective film containing fine particles to form a fine surface uneven structure and a reflective layer having a fine uneven structure thereon.
- the reflection layer having the fine concave structure described above has an advantage that the incident light is diffused by irregular reflection to prevent a directional glare and to suppress uneven brightness.
- the protective film containing fine particles also has an advantage that the incident light and its reflected light are diffused when transmitted through the protective film, thereby further suppressing uneven brightness.
- the reflection layer having a fine uneven structure reflecting the fine uneven structure on the surface of the protective film may be formed by an appropriate method such as a vacuum method, an ion plating method, a sputtering method, etc. It can be carried out by a method of directly attaching a metal to the surface of the transparent protective layer by a method.
- the reflection plate can be used as a reflection sheet in which a reflection layer is provided on an appropriate film corresponding to the transparent film instead of the method of directly applying the reflection film to the protective film of the polarizing plate. Since the reflective layer is usually made of a metal, the use of the reflective surface covered with a protective film and a polarizing plate prevents the decrease in reflectance due to oxidation and, as a result, the long-lasting initial reflectance. This is more preferable than the point and avoiding the separate installation of the protective layer.
- the transflective polarizing plate can be obtained by forming a transflective reflective layer such as a mirror that reflects and transmits light on the reflective layer in the above.
- the transflective polarizing plate is usually provided on the back side of the liquid crystal cell.
- a liquid crystal display device or the like When a liquid crystal display device or the like is used in a relatively bright atmosphere, the light reflected from the viewing side (display side) is reflected to form an image.
- a liquid crystal display device of a type that displays images using a built-in light source such as a pack light built in the package of the transflective polarizing plate can be formed.
- a transflective polarizing plate can save the energy of using a light source such as a packlight in a bright atmosphere, and can use a built-in light source even in a relatively dark atmosphere. It is useful for forming crystal display devices and the like.
- the polarizing plate may be formed by laminating a polarizing plate and two or three or more optical layers as in the above-mentioned polarized light separating type polarizing plate. Therefore, a reflective elliptically polarizing plate or a transflective elliptically polarizing plate obtained by combining the above-mentioned reflective polarizing plate, semi-transmissive polarizing plate and retardation plate may be used.
- the above-mentioned elliptically polarizing plate or reflection type elliptically polarizing plate is obtained by laminating a polarizing plate or a reflection type polarizing plate and a retardation plate in an appropriate combination.
- Such an elliptically polarizing plate or the like can be formed by sequentially and separately laminating the (reflection type) polarizing plate and the retardation plate in the manufacturing process of the liquid crystal display device so as to form a combination.
- An optical film such as an elliptically polarizing plate has an advantage of being superior in quality stability and laminating workability, etc., and improving the production efficiency of a liquid crystal display device and the like.
- the optical element of the present invention may be provided with an adhesive layer or an adhesive layer.
- the adhesive layer can be used for attaching to a liquid crystal cell and also for laminating an optical layer. At the time of bonding the optical films, their optical axes can be set at an appropriate angle according to the intended retardation characteristics and the like.
- the adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive there is no particular limitation on the adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive.
- rubbers such as acrylic polymers, silicone polymers, polyesters, urethanes, polyamides, polyvinyl ethers, burno acetate butyl copolymers, modified polyolefins, epoxies, fluorines, natural rubbers, synthetic rubbers, etc.
- a polymer such as a system as a base polymer can be appropriately selected and used. In particular, those having excellent optical transparency, exhibiting appropriate wettability, cohesiveness and adhesive adhesive properties, and having excellent weather resistance and heat resistance are preferably used.
- the adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive may contain a crosslinking agent according to the base polymer.
- Adhesives include, for example, natural and synthetic resins, especially tackifier resins, fillers, pigments, colorants, and antioxidants made of glass fibers, glass beads, metal powders, and other inorganic powders. An additive such as an agent may be contained. An adhesive layer containing fine particles and exhibiting light diffusivity may be used.
- Adhesives and pressure-sensitive adhesives are usually used as an adhesive solution in which the solid concentration of a base polymer or its composition dissolved or dispersed in a solvent is about 10 to 50% by weight.
- the solvent an organic solvent such as toluene or ethyl acetate or a solvent corresponding to the kind of the adhesive such as water can be appropriately selected and used.
- the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer or the adhesive layer may be provided on one or both sides of a polarizing plate or an optical film as a superposed layer of different compositions or types.
- the thickness of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer can be appropriately determined according to the purpose of use, adhesive strength, and the like, and is generally 1 to 50, preferably 5 to 200 ⁇ , and particularly preferably 10 to 100 ⁇ m. .
- a separator is temporarily attached to the exposed surface of the adhesive layer or the like for the purpose of preventing contamination or the like until it is put to practical use, and the separator is pressed. This can prevent the adhesive layer from coming into contact with the adhesive layer in a normal handling state. Except for the above thickness conditions, appropriate thin sheets such as plastic films, rubber sheets, paper, cloth, non-woven fabric, nets, foam sheets and metal foils, and laminates thereof are required as the separator. Depending on the situation, use an appropriate material similar to the conventional one, such as one coated with an appropriate release agent such as a silicone type, long mirror alkyl type, fluorine type or molybdenum sulfide.
- each layer such as the optical element and the adhesive layer may be formed of, for example, a salicylate compound, a benzophenol compound, a benzotriazole compound, a cyanoacrylate compound, or a nickel complex. It may have ultraviolet absorbing ability by a method such as a method of treating with an ultraviolet absorbent such as a system compound.
- the front phase difference is defined as the X-axis, the direction perpendicular to the X-axis is the Y-axis, the thickness direction of the film is the Z-axis, and the refractive index in each axial direction is nx.
- the refractive indices nx, ny, and nz at 550 nm were measured by an automatic birefringence measurement device (Oji Scientific Instruments, automatic birefringence meter KO BRA 21 ADH). From the value and the thickness d (nm) of the retardation layer, the front retardation: (n-ny) Xd was calculated.
- the phase difference when measured at an angle of 30 ° with respect to the normal direction can be measured by the automatic birefringence measuring device.
- the tilt phase difference is: (nx—ny) X d when tilting.
- the above automatic birefringence measuring device can measure up to an incident angle of 0 to 50 °.
- the reflection wavelength band the reflection spectrum is measured with a spectrophotometer (Otsuka Electronics Co., Ltd., instantaneous multi-photometry system MC PD-200), and the reflectance is half of the maximum reflectance. The reflection wavelength band was used.
- cholesteric liquid crystal layers with the center wavelengths of the selective reflection wavelength band at 400 nm, 550 nm, and 60 nm, respectively, were laminated in this order.
- the thickness of each cholesteric liquid crystal layer was 1 m, 1.2 ⁇ , 1.3; ⁇ in order.
- Photopolymerizable nematic liquid crystal monomer manufactured by BASF, LC 242
- force iral agent manufactured by BASF, LC756
- photoinitiator manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals, irgacure 907
- solvent Toluene
- the coating liquid adjusted to have a center wavelength of 350 nm is coated on a commercially available polyethylene terephthalate film and dried to a thickness of 4 ⁇ m using a wire par. And the solvent was dried. Thereafter, the temperature was once raised to the isotropic transition temperature of the liquid crystal monomer, and then gradually cooled to form a layer having a uniform alignment state.
- the obtained film was subjected to UV irradiation to fix the orientation state and obtain a C-plate layer (negative).
- the phase difference of this C plate was measured, the front phase difference was 2 nm and the thickness direction phase difference was 220 nm for light having a wavelength of 550 nm.
- the phase difference when the incident light was measured at an inclination of 30 ° was 60 nm.
- the circular polarization type reflective polarizer (a) was placed on the pack light side with the surface having a selective reflection wavelength band on the longer wavelength side (the surface having a center wavelength of 630 nm) facing down.
- the above C plate 4 is set so that the phase difference in the thickness direction is 880 nm.
- the sheets were laminated via an adhesive having a thickness of 5 m.
- the four C-plate laminate had a phase difference of 140 nm when measured with the incident light inclined at 30 °.
- a second circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) is placed on top of this, with the surface having the selective reflection wavelength band on the longer wavelength side facing upward (viewing side), and an adhesive of 5 m thickness interposed. By laminating, an optical element (A) was obtained.
- FIG. 6 shows a configuration diagram of the first embodiment.
- Example 1 In the fabrication of the optical element (A) of Example 1, the second circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) was laminated with the surface having the selective reflection wavelength band on the longer wavelength side down (pack light side). An optical element (A) was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except for performing the above. In the same manner as in Example 1, a retardation plate (four plates) and a pack-light-side polarizing plate were arranged, and a condensing and collimating light system was implemented.
- FIG. 7 shows a configuration diagram of Comparative Example 1.
- FIG. 9 shows a comparison between Example 1 and Comparative Example 1. From FIG. 9, it can be seen that the moving distance of the point in Example 1 is smaller than that in Comparative Example 1. This point represents the color at each incident angle, and the larger the color, the longer the distance the point moves as the color changes. From this, it is understood that coloring can be reduced in the first embodiment.
- a circularly-polarized reflective polarizer As a circularly-polarized reflective polarizer (a), a 6- ⁇ m-thick broadband cholesteric liquid crystal with a reflective reflection band in the range of 400 to 800 nm and a continuously changing pitch interval Layers were used.
- the circularly polarized reflective polarizer (a) is placed on the client side with the surface having the selective reflection wavelength band on the longer wavelength side (the surface with the longer helical pitch interval of the cholesteric liquid crystal) facing down. did.
- two C plates were laminated via a 5 m-thick adhesive so that the retardation in the thickness direction was 4440 ⁇ .
- the two C-plate laminate had a phase difference of 70 ⁇ m when measured with the incident light inclined at 30 °.
- a second circularly polarized reflective polarizer (a) is placed on top of this, with the surface having the selective reflection wavelength band on the longer wavelength side facing up (viewing side), and an adhesive with a thickness of 5 ⁇ To obtain an optical element ( ⁇ ).
- the axial direction of the linearly polarized light obtained by transmission and the polarizer on the pack-light side of the liquid crystal display device (Nitto Denko Corporation, SEG14)
- FIG. 6 shows a configuration diagram of the second embodiment.
- the second circularly polarized reflective polarizer (a) was laminated with the surface having the selective reflection wavelength band on the longer wavelength side facing upward (pack light side).
- An optical element (A) was obtained in the same manner as in Example 2 except for performing the above. Also, in the same manner as in Example 2, a phase difference plate ( ⁇ 4 plate) and a pack-light-side polarizing plate were arranged, and a light-gathering and parallel-lighting system was created.
- FIG. 7 shows a configuration diagram of Comparative Example 2.
- FIG. 10 shows a comparison between Example 2 and Comparative Example 2. From FIG. 10, it can be seen that the moving distance of points in Example 2 is smaller than that in Comparative Example 2. This point represents the color at each incident angle, and the larger the color is, the more the color changes, and the longer the point moves. From this, it is understood that coloring can be reduced in Example 2.
- the C-plate layer transparent polyimide [6FDA—TFMD] is dissolved in a solvent, applied to the substrate to a thickness of 10 ⁇ m after drying, and the solvent is dried. As a result, a C plate layer (negative) was obtained.
- the front phase difference was 2 nm and the thickness direction phase difference was 400 nm with respect to light having a wavelength of 550 nm.
- the phase difference when the incident light was measured at an inclination of 30 ° was 60 nm.
- the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) was placed on the client side with the surface having a selective reflection wavelength band on the longer wavelength side (the surface with the longer helical pitch interval of the cholesteric liquid crystal) facing down. .
- the substrate was peeled off.
- a second circularly polarized reflective polarizer (a) is placed on top of this, with the surface having the selective reflection wavelength band on the long wavelength side facing up (viewing side), and a 5 ⁇ m thick adhesive.
- the optical element (A) was obtained by laminating via an agent.
- the axial direction of the linearly polarized light obtained by transmission and the polarizing plate on the backlight side of the liquid crystal display device (Nitto Denko Corporation, SEG14) The transmission axis direction of 25 DU) is aligned, and a light-gathering and parallel-lighting system is created.
- FIG. 6 shows a configuration diagram of the third embodiment.
- Example 3 In the fabrication of the optical element (A) of Example 3, the first circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) was placed with the surface having the selective reflection wavelength band on the short wavelength side down (pack light side). The same as in Example 3, except that the second circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) was laminated with the surface having the selective reflection wavelength band on the short wavelength side up (viewing side). Element (A) was obtained. Also, in the same manner as in Example 2, a retardation plate ( ⁇ 4 plate) and a pack-light-side polarizing plate were arranged, and a light-gathering and parallel-lighting system was created.
- FIG. 8 shows a configuration diagram of Comparative Example 3.
- Example 3 shows a comparison between Example 3 and Comparative Example 3. From FIG. 11, it can be seen that the moving distance of the point in Example 3 is smaller than that in Comparative Example 3. This point represents the color at each incident angle, and the larger the color is, the more the color changes, and the longer the point moves. From this, it is understood that coloring can be reduced in Example 3.
- a coating liquid containing four layers of cholesteric liquid crystal polymer having different selective reflection center wavelengths and a solvent is applied to the rubbed surface of a triacetyl cellulose film that has been rubbed with a polyimide alignment film in advance.
- a broadband circularly polarized reflective polarizer (a) was obtained.
- the liquid crystal material used has a selective reflection center wavelength of 460 in, 510 nm, 580 nm, and 66 O nm based on European Patent Application Publication No.
- Four types of cholesteric liquid crystal polymers were prepared.
- the cholesteric liquid crystal polymer has the following chemical formula And a polymerizable nematic liquid crystal monomer A represented by the following formula:
- the cholesteric liquid crystal polymer was dissolved in methylene chloride to prepare a 10% by weight solution.
- the solution was coated on an alignment substrate with a wire par so that the thickness when dried was about 1.5 ⁇ .
- TD-TAC triacetyl cellulose film
- a polyimide layer is coated on the surface with a thickness of about 0.1 ⁇ , and rayon is applied. Rubbing cloth Binged one was used. After coating, it was dried at 140 ° C for 15 minutes. After this heat treatment, the liquid crystal was cooled and fixed at room temperature to obtain a thin film.
- a liquid crystal thin film of each color was produced through the same steps as described above, and then bonded with a transparent isocyanate-based adhesive AD244 (manufactured by Tokuseki Kogyo Kogyo).
- the R and G liquid crystal thin film surfaces were bonded together, and the G-side triacetyl cellulose substrate was peeled off.
- the triacetyl cellulose substrate on the R side was peeled off.
- a cholesteric liquid crystal composite layer having a thickness of about 10 m in which four liquid crystal layers were laminated in order from the short wavelength side was obtained.
- the obtained circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) composed of a cholesteric liquid crystal composite layer had a selective reflection function in the range of 43 nm to 70 nm.
- the circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) was placed on the pack light with the surface having a selective reflection wavelength band on the longer wavelength side (the surface having a center wavelength of 660 II m) facing down.
- the four C plates were laminated with a translucent adhesive (Nitto Denko, No. 7, 25 / m thickness) so that the phase difference in the thickness direction was 880 nm.
- a second circularly polarizing reflective polarizer (a) is selected on the longer wavelength side.
- the surface having the reflection wavelength band is set to the upper side (viewing side), and the translucent adhesive (Nitto)
- An optical element (A) was obtained by laminating layers (No. 7, 2 thickness, manufactured by Denko Corporation).
- the direction of the axis of the linearly polarized light obtained by transmission and the direction of the transmission axis of the pack-light-side polarizing plate (manufactured by Meto Denko Corporation, SEG14425DU) of the liquid crystal display device are aligned, and the light is condensed.
- FIG. 6 shows a configuration diagram of the first embodiment.
- the optical element using the circularly-polarized reflective polarizer of the present invention is suitably used for a condensing backlight system and further for a liquid crystal display device.
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