JP2005221984A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (15)

A liquid crystal layer; a substrate that holds the liquid crystal layer; a plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate; and a resistor that electrically connects the plurality of electrodes. In an optical element that applies a desired potential to each of a plurality of electrodes and controls the liquid crystal molecule direction of the liquid crystal layer,
The optical element, wherein the resistor is a coating type resistor formed by applying a material for expressing at least a desired resistance value to the substrate. The optical element according to claim 1, wherein
The optical element according to claim 1, wherein the coating type resistor is disposed outside an optical path of light passing through the liquid crystal layer on the substrate. The optical element according to claim 1 or 2,
The optical element according to claim 1, wherein the coating-type resistor is disposed outside the liquid crystal layer on the substrate. In the optical element as described in any one of Claims 1-3,
The optical element characterized in that the material of the coating type resistor includes a conductive organic material. In the optical element as described in any one of Claims 1-4 ,
An optical element comprising a moisture-proof means for suppressing a variation in resistance value of the coating type resistor due to a humidity variation around the coating type resistor . In the optical element as described in any one of Claims 1-5 ,
An optical element comprising light shielding means for preventing at least light in a desired wavelength range from being applied to the coating resistor. The optical element according to claim 6 .
The optical element , wherein the light shielding means is an overcoat layer . An optical deflection element comprising the optical element according to any one of claims 1 to 7 ,
Comprising at least a liquid crystal layer, a transparent pair of substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal layer, a plurality of electrodes arranged in parallel on the substrate, and a coating resistor for electrically connecting the plurality of electrodes, By energizing the coating-type resistor, an electric field is generated by generating a potential gradient in the plurality of electrodes, and the orientation direction of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is switched according to the direction of the electric field. An optical deflection element characterized by switching an optical path . An optical deflection element comprising the optical element according to any one of claims 1 to 7 ,
A liquid crystal layer capable of forming a chiral smectic C phase having at least homeotropic alignment, a pair of transparent substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal layer, a plurality of electrodes arranged in parallel on the substrate, and the plurality of electrodes A coating resistor that is electrically connected, and by energizing the coating resistor, an electric field is generated by generating a potential gradient in the plurality of electrodes. An optical deflection element characterized by switching the orientation direction of liquid crystal molecules and switching the optical path of outgoing light with respect to incident light . At least, the optical deflection apparatus characterized by comprising an optical deflection element of claim 8 or 9, wherein a voltage applying means for applying a voltage to the array direction of the electrode relative to the resistor of the light deflection element. The optical deflection apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
An optical deflection apparatus characterized in that, as the voltage applying means, the same power source is connected to a resistor electrically connected to a plurality of electrodes on a substrate . At least an image display means capable of two-dimensionally controlling light according to image information, an optical member for observing or projecting image information of the image display means, and a plurality of subfields obtained by temporally dividing the image field In an image display device comprising an optical deflection device for deflecting an optical path between the image display means and the optical member ,
12. An image display device comprising the light deflection device according to claim 10 or 11 as the light deflection device . In the formation method of the resistor of the optical element according to any one of claims 1 to 7 ,
The resistor is formed by applying a material that expresses a desired resistance value to a substrate . The resistor forming method according to claim 13 ,
The resistor is formed by controlling the shape of the resistor by spraying a liquid resistor using an ink jet method, and applying the resistor . The resistor forming method according to claim 13 ,
A resistor forming method , wherein moisture resistance is applied after a desired resistance value is obtained by adjusting the moisture content of the resistor .