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Title: System and method for liquid crystal display system incorporating wire grid polarizers for large scale and large volume stereolithography

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1893036

The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD) system. The system in one example has a light source for generating unpolarized light, and an LCD screen arranged in a path of transmittance of the unpolarized light. First and second wire grid polarizers are arranged adjacent to the LCD screen and each have a plurality of nano-scale wires, with the first and second wire grid polarizers have differing polarizations. A pitch of each of the nano-scale wires is no larger than one-third a wavelength of the unpolarized light from the light source. The wire grid polarizers create, in connection with operation of the LCD screen, a 2D light mask suitable for initiating the polymerization of an optically curable material.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Patent Number(s):
11,360,348
Application Number:
17/085,244
OSTI ID:
1893036
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 10/30/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Viewing Angle Control Film and Image Display Device patent-application March 2019
Wire grid polarizer with bordered sections patent-application August 2013
Electrically Reconfigurable Photolithography Mask For Semiconductor And Micromechanical Substrates patent-application July 2006
Polarizer, method of manufacturing the same, and display device including the same patent-application March 2018

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