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- the present invention relates to display devices and in particular to displays comprising at least one photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption.
- the invention also relates to methods to produce such devices.
- Optoelectronic display devices such as those based on the Electrically Controlled Birefringence (ECB) effect, the Twisted Nematic (TN) effect and Super-Twisted Nematic (STN) effect (S. W. Depp et al., Sci. Am., Vol. 268, p. 40 (1993); T. Scheffer et al. ' , in "Liquid Crystals, Applications and Uses", Vol. 1, B. Bahadur, Ed., Chapter 10, pp. 231-274 (1990), Worlds Scientific, Singapore; S. Morozumi, ibid.. Chapter 7, pp. 171-194), are well known in the art and are of major importance in a large variety of applications.
- EBCB Electrically Controlled Birefringence
- TN Twisted Nematic
- STN Super-Twisted Nematic
- a liquid crystalline material is sandwiched in a cell (3) between two light-polarizing means (4) and the liquid crystalline material is used to electrically rotate the polarization direction of polarized light and, thus, the structure functions as a light valve.
- Polarized light is produced in these devices by a first polarizer, and a second polarizer (also referred to as analyzer) is used to generate visual perception of the electrical switching of the liquid crystalline material.
- a thin layer of well- ordered liquid crystalline material has the ability to change the state of polarization of light that passes through it. As the LC order can be controlled by means of an electrical field, electric switching can modulate the polarization of the transmitted light.
- a cell structure (cf. Figs. 1 A, B), based on spacered transparent carrier plates (3b) and provided with two transparent electrodes (3c), is utilized where in between the thin layer of LC material (3a) is applied.
- the transparent electrode material can be, for instance, indium tin oxide, but may also consist of a transparent conducting polymer.
- switching state "off) the molecular organization within the liquid crystal layer is planar and well-controlled by orientation layers (3d) applied on the electrodes and/or by the presence of small amounts of chiral dopants in the liquid crystal mixture.
- a common dichroic sheet polarizer usually absorbs at least 50 % of the incident light.
- more than 80 % of the incident light is absorbed by the polarizers and color filters and, consequently, the brightness of the displays is very limited.
- the poor light efficiency of these displays generally, is compensated by rather intense backlighting, which limits the life-time of batteries in devices such as lap-top computers and portable telephones.
- conventional polarizers transfer the absorbed light into heat and, consequently, exhibit excessive heating-up when used in combination with high-intensity light sources.
- These high-intensity light sources are employed in applications such as projection televisions, and the polarizers limit the life-time of the displays in these applications.
- the above concerns with respect to efficiency of polarizers and color filters lead to poor visibility.
- 5,608,554 describes the use of a phosphor layer to enhance the luminance and viewing angle of standard liquid crystal display devices. Also, the use of a layer comprising fluorescent species in the three primary colors has been disclosed (French application FJ 2
- a display device that comprises an at least partially mirrored polymer plate (cf. Fig. 2, (A)) in which a fluorescent dye is dissolved and that further comprises a means (B) positioned behind the polymer plate
- the fluorescent plate needs to be thick (> 1 mm) to generate a high absorption of environmental light. According to the authors, the dye concentration in the plate must be low to avoid
- the absorption (A) of the incident light on the surface of the plate is:
- A 1 - 10- ⁇ ( ⁇ ) " where ⁇ ( ⁇ ) is the molar extinction coefficient of the fluorescent dye
- the plates act as waveguides for the fluorescent light and the light travels distances between 1 to 100 cm in the plate before it is coupled out. Consequently, the light output (brightness) is strongly reduced by the overlap of the absorption and emission spectrum of the fluorescent dyes.
- plates have to be produced from highly transparent materials with perfect optical surfaces and perfectly reflecting layers at the narrow sides are required.
- One object of the present invention to overcome the problems of the prior art displays is to provide a display device that comprises at least one thin, photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption and that is characterized by an emission which is either polarized or not polarized, depending on the particular device configuration.
- Another object of the present invention it to provide a display device that comprises one photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption, and one polarizer or analyzer.
- Another object of the present invention it to provide a display device that comprises one photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption and in a high degree of polarization in its emission, and one polarizer or analyzer.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a display device that comprises a first photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption, and a second photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption, and that is further characterized in that the two layers have different photoemission or absorption spectra or both.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a display device that comprises a first photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption and in a high degree of polarization in its emission, and a second photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption and in a high degree of polarization in its emission, and that is further characterized in that the two layers have different photoemission or absorption spectra or both.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide a display device that comprises multiple photoluminescent layers that are characterized in a high degree of polarization in their absorption, and multiple electrooptic light valves, arranged in a stacked fashion, and that is further characterized in that the layers different photoemission or absorption spectra or both.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a display device that comprises multiple photoluminescent layers that are characterized in a high degree of polarization in their absorption and in a high degree of polarization in their emission, and multiple electrooptic light valves, arranged in a stacked fashion, and that is further characterized in that the layers different photoemission or absorption spectra or both.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a display device that comprises at least one thin, photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption and that is characterized by an emission which is either polarized or not polarized and that is characterized by small dimensions in the thickness direction and area.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide method to improve the brightness or contrast or both of an optoelectronic display by incorporation of least one thin, photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption and that is characterized by an emission which is either polarized or not polarized.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide method to improve the viewing angle of an optoelectronic display by incorporation of least one thin, photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption and that is characterized by an emission which is either polarized or not polarized.
- the present invention is based on our surprising finding that display devices comprising at least one thin photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption and in an emission that is either polarized or not are of a very high brightness and very high contrast, have an excellent viewing angle, and can be configured to exhibit one or more colors that cover the entire visible portion of the spectrum of light useful for display applications.
- the designation photoluminescent and photoluminescence are abbreviated with the designation PL
- the term polarized PL layer refers to a photoluminescent layer that is characterized in a high degree of polarization in its absorption and that is characterized in an emission which is either polarized or not polarized.
- the polarized PL layers should be thin and should exhibit a dichroic ratio in their absorption that exceeds a minimum value, and, depending on the particular device configuration, sometimes also a minimum value of the dichroic ratio in their emission, in order to yield displays with the above desired characteristics.
- device elements such as layer, electrooptical light valve, polarizer, light source, and mirror are sometimes referred to in their singular form, which should not be construed as to imply that reference is made to only one such element.
- a plurality of elements which should not be construed as to imply that reference is made only to multiple elements.
- the dichroic ratio in absorption is defined as the ratio of the highest possible absorption of linear polarized light (measured with the orientation direction of the PL layer parallel to the polarization direction of the incident polarized light) and the lowest possible absorption of linear polarized light (measured with the orientation direction of the PL layer perpendicular to the polarization direction of the incident polarized light). These absorptions are measured at the same single wavelength somewhere within the absorption spectrum and preferentially at an absorption maximum.
- the dichroic ratio in emission is defined as the highest possible emission intensity of linear polarized light (measured trough a linear polarizer with its polar axis parallel to the orientation direction of the PL layer) to the lowest possible emission intensity of linear polarized light (measured trough a linear polarizer with its polar axis perpendicular to the orientation direction of the PL layer).
- These emissions are measured at the same single wavelength using unpolarized excitation light at a single wavelength somewhere within the emission spectrum and preferentially at an emission maximum.
- Fig. 1 A, B are schematic structures of a conventional liquid crystal display (LCD) device.
- LCD liquid crystal display
- Fig. 2 is a schematic structure of a display device according to an embodiment of German patent No. DE 2640909 C2.
- Fig. 3 A - G are schematic structures of possible display devices according to embodiments of the present invention.
- Fig. 4 is a plot of normalized emission versus the product of the
- Fig. 5 is a schematic structure of a possible display device according to another embodiment of the present invention that comprises two polarized photoluminescent layers.
- Fig. 6 is a schematic structure of a possible display device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 7 A - D are schematic structures of possible display devices according to yet other embodiments of the present invention that comprises multiple polarized photoluminescent layers and multiple electrooptical light valves in a stacked configuration.
- Fig. 8 displays the polarized photoluminescence spectra recorded for light emission parallel (0°) and perpendicular (90°) to
- Fig. 9 displays a graph of the dichroic ratio measured in emission as a function of the draw ratio for films containing 1 or 2 w/w % PPE.
- Fig. 10 displays a graph of the dichroic ratio measured in absorption as a function of the draw ratio for films containing 1 or 2 w/w % PPE.
- the present invention is based on our surprising finding that display devices comprising at least one thin highly polarized PL layer are of a very high brightness and very high contrast, can have an excellent viewing angle, and can be configured to exhibit one or more colors that cover the entire visible portion of the spectrum of light useful for display applications.
- the polarized PL layers should be thin and should exhibit a dichroic ratio in absorption that exceeds a minimum value, and should be polarized in their emission, or not, depending on the particular device configuration, in order to yield displays with the above desired characteristics.
- the polarized PL layers useful in the present invention are characterized in that they absorb light in a highly polarized fashion and, after photoexcitation, they emit light that can be polarized or not.
- Such polarized PL layers can comprise one or more different substances, and can be manufactured by a wide variety of methods.
- the substances to be selected and fabrication methods that are most appropriate for the desired application form and color or colors of the display device are known from the state of the art. To avoid any replication from the known prior art, all the below mentioned literature references in relation to appropriate substances and methods of fabrication are herewith included in and part of the present invention.
- the polarized PL layers may comprise one or more inorganic materials, such as GalnP-compounds (P. J. Pearah et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 62, pp. 729-731), ZnSe (L. Worschech et al., "Blue Laser Light Emitting Diodes", Int. Symp., pp. 421-424, Eds. A. Yoshikawa, Tokyo, Japan, 1996), or tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(2+) intercalated cadmiumthio-hypophosphazene (E. Lifshitz et al., J. Phys. Chem. Solids, Vol. 52, pp. 1081-1086 (1991), or inorganic oligomers or polymers, or mixtures thereof.
- inorganic materials such as GalnP-compounds (P. J. Pearah et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 62,
- the polarized PL layers useful in the present invention may comprise one or more organic species, such as small molecules, oligomers or polymers, or mixtures thereof or of organic and inorganic materials.
- organic species such as small molecules, oligomers or polymers, or mixtures thereof or of organic and inorganic materials.
- organic species and oligomers useful in the present invention can be found in, for example, "Organic Luminescent Materials" by B. M. Krasovitskii et al. (VCH Verlag. , Weinheim, 1988).
- Oligomers and polymers that are useful in the present invention include, but are not limited to those molecules that comprise one or more of the following moieties:
- Ar is an aiylene group including, but not limited to the following moieties:
- Ri -R ⁇ are the same or different at each occurrence, and are composed of, for example, but not limited to: H, alkyl, alkyloxy, CF 3 , CN, phenyl, NH 2 , NH-alkyl, N(alkyl) 2 , NO z and Si(alkyl) 3 .
- Polarized PL layers for use in the present invention can be made, for example, by incorporation of appropriate photoluminescent, low molecular weight organic molecules or inorganic matter in oriented polymers, prior to or after the orientation step (J. J. Dekkers, Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 19, pp. 517- 523 (1973); L. V. Natarajan et al., Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 95, pp. 525- 528 ( 1983); R. Neuert et al., Colloid & Polymer Science, Vol. 263, pp. 392-395 (1985); M. van Gurp et al., J. Polym. Sci., Part B, Polymer Physics, Vol. 26, pp. 1613- 1625 (1988); Y. Dirix et al. , Macromolecules, Vol. 30, pp. 2175-2177 (1997); US Patent 4,56,953).
- Another beneficial method for the fabrication of the polarized PL layers for use in the present invention is tensile orientation if the selected photoluminescent material is a ductile polymer (C. Zhang et al., Synth. Met., Vol. 46, pp. 235-242 (1992); J. Moulton et al.,
- polarized PL layers useful in the present invention can be fabricated by oriented growth of photoluminescent materials onto orienting substrates, such as, for example, oriented poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (US Patent 5, 180,470; K. Pichler et al., Synth. Met., Vol. 55-57, pp. 454-459 (1993); D. Fenwick et al., J. Mater. Sci., Vol. 31, pp. 915-920 (1996); R. Gill, et al., Adv. Mater., Vol. 9, pp. 331-334 (1997)), polyimides (G. L ⁇ ssem et al., Liq. Cryst., Vol. 21 , pp. 903-907 (1996) or inorganic surfaces (P. J. Pearah et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 62, pp. 729-731 (1993)).
- oriented poly(tetrafluoroethylene) US Patent
- the polarized PL layers according to the present invention are thin, and have a thickness of less than about 1 mm, preferably of less than about 300 ⁇ m, and more preferably of less than about 50 ⁇ m. Most preferably, the thickness of the polarized PL layers according to the present invention is less than about 10 ⁇ m.
- the polarized PL layers according to the present invention have a minimum thickness of at least 1 nm.
- the dichroic ratio in absorption as defined above of the thin, polarized PL layers for use in the present invention is more than about 5.
- the dichroic ratio is more than 10, and most preferred are dichroic ratios of more than 20.
- the dichroic ratio in emission as defined above is more than about 5.
- the dichroic ratio is more than 15, and most preferred are dichroic ratios of more than 35.
- the polarized PL layers for use in the present invention may be homogeneous and continuous, and may be structured or patterned, and may comprise multiple individual elements, zones or pixels, or any array thereof, provided, however, that the dichroic ratio of the • polarized PL elements are of the above minimum dichroic ratio.
- Stacks of such polarized PL layers, for example for use in multiple color displays, are also included in the present invention.
- both light from the light source employed for photoexcitation of the polarized PL layer, and light emitted from the exited polarized PL layer may be switched.
- FIG. 3 A an exploded schematic view of a possible device configuration is given.
- the arrangement when viewed from the position of the viewer (5) consists of a linear polarizer (analyzer) (4), an electrooptical light valve (3), the polarized PL layer (2) and a light source (1).
- Light emerging from the light-source (1) is at least partially absorbed in the polarized PL layer (2), from where subsequently polarized light is emitted.
- the portion of the light emitted from the polarized PL layer (2) in the direction of the electrooptical light valve (3) either passes the combination of light valve (3) and the polarizer (4) (switching state “bright") or is blocked by the combination of light valve (3) and the polarizer (4) (switching state “dark”).
- switching states “bright” and “dark” not necessarily coincide with above referred electric switching states “on” and “off” , respectively, and the correlation also depends on the precise device configuration.
- the polarizer (4) is oriented such that it allows transmission of the light emitted by the polarized PL layer (2) in its polarization direction when the switching state of the light valve (3) is "bright".
- the polarized PL layer (2) is characterized by a high dichroic ratio for PL emission, and (ii) the portion of light visible to the human eye that is emitted by the light source (1), but not absorbed by the polarized PL layer (2), and thus exits the device in the direction of the viewer, is minimal.
- This can be achieved by different means.
- One example comprises a light source (1) which is characterized by an emission spectrum such that all the light emitted by the light source is absorbed by either the polarized PL layer (2) , the light valve (3) or the polarizer (4).
- the use of a UV-light source can be particular advantageous in this context, since the portion of light that is emitted by the light source (1), but not absorbed by the polarized PL layer (2), is in this case usually absorbed by components
- a bicolor device can easily be created when (i) the polarized PL layer (2) is characterized by a high dichroic ratio for PL emission, and (ii) the portion of light visible to the human eye that is emitted by the (for example blue light emitting) light source (1) but not absorbed by the polarized PL layer (2), and thus in one switching state exits the device in the direction of the viewer, is maximal.
- FIG. 3 B An alternative example of a possible display device according to the present invention is shown in Fig. 3 B in an exploded schematic view.
- an additional means (8) for clarity called "cut-off- filter"
- cut-off- filter which blocks the light that is emitted by the light source (1) , but is not absorbed by the polarized PL layer (2), is positioned in the device between the polarized PL layer (2) and the viewer (5) , preferably between the PL layer (2) and the light valve (3).
- This cutoff-filter (8) preferably is a wavelength-selective mirror which reflects the light generated by the lamp that was not absorbed by the polarized PL layer, but transmits the light emitted by the polarized PL layer or can, for example, be a high-pass filter or a polarizer or a combination thereof.
- Another preferred arrangement is the use of a combination layer of the polarized PL layer (2) and the cut-off- filter (8), for example, by doping or coating the polarized PL layer (2) with an additional dye.
- the display device can also be arranged, such that the polarized PL layer (2) is placed inside the electrooptical light valve (3), such as shown in an exploded schematic view in Fig. 3 C.
- the polarized PL layer (2) is positioned between the transparent electrode (3c) and carrier plate (3b).
- the polarized PL layer (2) according to the present invention may function also as orientation layer (3d in Fig. 3 C) for the liquid crystalline material.
- the polar axis of the polarizer is the direction of the electrical field vector of the light that is transmitted by the polarizer films.
- the polarized PL layer axis is the direction of the electrical field vector of the light emitted by the polarized PL layer and which commonly, but not necessarily, is parallel to the direction of the electrical field vector of the excitation light that is absorbed.
- the polarizer film When these layers are placed in series with their axes crossed, the polarizer film will absorb the light generated by the polarized PL layer. In contrast, when placed parallel, the polarizer film transmits the light generated in the polarized PL layer.
- the liquid crystal cell is optimized to switch light of the wavelength of the light that is emitted by the polarized PL layer.
- the transmission is controlled by the axes of the polarized PL layer and the polarizer film, the switching state of the device field-off or -on state, the wavelength of the emitted light, the cell thickness and the optical properties of the LC material.
- the set of parameters are given below:
- k 1 , 3, 5, 7, ⁇ 2
- k 1 , 3, 5, 7, ⁇ 2
- the polarized light transmitted by the LC layer remains linearly polarized, but the polarization axes is rotated over 90°.
- k is 1 , which, optimized for a wavelength of 510 nm (green) and a commercial LC material Licrilite ML 1001
- the optimum cell thickness is 2.1 ⁇ m .
- the axes of the polarizer and the polarized PL layer are chosen to be parallel, by which a dark field-off state and a bright and colored field-on state is obtained.
- the LC molecules have a negative dielectric anisotropy and are aligned perpendicular to the electrode surface by a surfactant type of alignment layer (e.g. lecithin).
- a surfactant type of alignment layer e.g. lecithin
- the LC film In the field-off state the LC film has a low birefringence for the passing light and a dark state is formed in case of crossed axes of the polarized PL layer and the polarizer film, respectively.
- the LC film becomes birefringent above the transition voltage, and the polarizer transmits the by the polarized PL layer emitted light.
- TN effect In the case that a multi-color display is made, containing pixel elements with basically three different polarized PL layers emitting blue, green and red light (see below), the TN effect is preferred because of its high contrast and its relative wavelength independence. This enables effective switching of the three colors with one uniform cell thickness.
- the relative intensity [I t ) of the light transmitted by the TN with the axes of the polarized PL layer and the polarizer film parallel and the orientation at one boundary of the LC film parallel with the axis of the polarized PL layer is described by
- optimum cell thickness is 3.6 ⁇ m. This means that the cell is perfectly black in the field-off state for 510 nm light and that it has a normalized emission of 0.08 for 440 nm light (blue) and of 0.06 for
- the axes of the polarized PL layer and the polarizer film can be chosen perpendicular.
- the inverted curve in Fig. 4 is obtained with a "bright" state, i.e. an emissive colored state for each pixel element and a white state for the integrated performance of a collection of neighboring pixels, in the field-off state and a black appearance in the field-on state.
- a dichroic mirror (6) which is positioned between the polarized PL layer (2) and the light source (1), is advantageous (Fig. 3 D for an exploded schematic view).
- This dichroic mirror (6) is characterized in that it lets the light emitted by the light source (1) pass and reach the polarized PL layer (2), but reflects the portion of light which initially is emitted by the polarized PL layer (2) in a direction away from the viewer (5) and thus redirects this portion of light in the direction towards the viewer (5) .
- the polarized PL layer (2) might, in addition, be mirrored (7) in order to prevent the exit of light in undesired directions and might be provided with light emergent or exit windows such as described in German patent No. DE 2640909 C2, to further concentrate the emission of light to preferred sites, and thus increase the device efficiency with respect to contrast and brightness.
- the polarized PL layer functions as a polarizing photoluminescence waveguide (10), in which the light emitted by the light source ( 1 ) is waveguided until it is absorbed and re-emitted by the photoluminescent moieties.
- the device is preferably fitted with a dichroic mirror (6) as outlined above, and with mirrors (7) and light emergent or exit windows as outlined above.
- a conventional waveguide-based backlight system is used (cf. Fig 3 F) in which the polarized PL layer (2) is arranged such that it is behind the waveguide (1 1) when viewed from the direction of the viewer (5).
- the waveguide (11) is characterized in that it emits the light guided from the light source (1) preferably into the direction of the polarized PL layer (2), and that it allows the transmittance of the polarized light emitted from the polarized PL layer (2).
- the polarized PL layer (2) in the display device according to Fig. 3 F may additionally function as a polarized scatterer or diffuser.
- ambient light (1) is used for illumination, entering the device in a direction from the viewer to the device, with the polarized PL layer (2) being void of mirrors on its two large faces (oriented towards the viewer and away from the viewer), but preferably mirrored (7) at all other sides.
- a dichroic mirror (6) is used, which only reflects the polarized light emitted by the polarized PL layer (2).
- the ambient light which is not absorbed by the polarized PL layer (2), is absorbed in a nonreflective layer (9) .
- Still another preferred arrangement according to the present invention is the use of two polarized PL layers (2, 12), for example shown in an exploded schematic view Fig. 5.
- the two polarized PL layers (2, 12) are characterized in that they have different emission spectra.
- These two polarized PL layers (2, 12) may be arranged behind each other, when viewed from the direction of the viewer (5), positioned in the same place as the one polarized PL layer (2) in the above described arrangements.
- These two polarized PL layers (2, 12) may be oriented such that their polarization directions for emission are perpendicular to each other.
- the combination of light valve (3) and the polarizer (4) no longer switches from bright to dark but lets the emitted polarized light from polarized PL layer (2) pass in the one switching state and the emitted polarized light from polarized PL layer (12) pass in the other switching state, enabling the production of a multicolor display device.
- the two polarized PL layers (2, 12) may be oriented such that their polarization directions for emission are at an angle different from 90° to each other. The latter arrangement enables switching between different multiple colors.
- the two polarized PL layers may be separated by the electrooptical light valve, or may be placed inside the electrooptical light valve (cf. Fig. 3 C).
- the predominantly relevant polarization characteristic of the polarized PL layer is a high degree of polarized absorption.
- the emission of unpolarized light from the polarized PL layer can be beneficial.
- Fig. 6 an exploded schematic view of a possible device structure is shown.
- the display device is arranged, such that the polarized
- the PL layer is positioned between the electrooptical light valve (3) and the viewer.
- the polarizer (4) must be active in the wavelength region of the excitation wavelength.
- the particular advantage of switching this wavelength is that the LC cell can be optimized for a single wavelength regime (i.e. the excitation wavelength, for example UV or blue) which leads to higher contrast values.
- the viewing angle is determined by the emission of the polarized PL layer and has become independent of the viewing angle-sensitive LC effects.
- 365 nm light is used for the excitation of the polarized PL layer (2).
- a commercial UV stable LC is used for the excitation of the polarized PL layer (2).
- the optimum cell thickness is 2.1 ⁇ m.
- the polarized PL layer only absorbs light with its E-field parallel to the axis, the opposite polarization is transmitted.
- the previously described cut-off filter (8) may be used.
- two of such layers are present where the order is, coming from the backlight into *the viewer's direction, a wavelength- selective mirror and a high-pass filter, respectively.
- the high-pass filter also contains other absorbing species which have a low absorption at the emission wavelength or wavelengths, but absorb visible light outside that wavelength region, thus even more improving the contrast by absorption of the light coming from the surroundings.
- an array of at least three different polarized photoluminescence pixel elements may be applied at or within the
- the polarized PL pixel elements are applied within the cell, for instance in between the transparent carrier plate and the transparent electrode.
- the polarized PL pixel elements are applied outside the cell. In that case, it is preferred to apply the polarized PL layer at the viewer's side of the cell and to use collimated light in order to avoid parallax caused by the relatively large distance between the emitting polarized PL layer and the electrooptic light valve.
- the polarized PL pixels are applied in the cell near the
- Emission of white light from the display device is obtained by a balanced emission of the R, G and B pixel elements. Colors are generated by balanced mixing of the light emission of the various pixel elements.
- UV light of, for instance, 365 nm can be used to excite the polarized PL layers.
- the appropriate white point can be obtained by adjusting the thickness of the polarized PL pixels, the concentration of the active photoluminescent moieties or the surface areas of the pixel elements.
- pixel elements In another pixillated display configuration three different pixel elements are made, two of them are provided with a red and a green emitting polarized PL layer, respectively, that are exited by blue light.
- the third pixel element is provided with a neutral polarizing filter. In this case blue light is used from a backlight source.
- R and G are obtained from the polarized PL layers, B from the third pixel element by switching it to the "bright" or to the "dark” state.
- the blue pixel elements are not covered separately by the polarizer, but a polarizer film is used which covers all pixel elements.
- the axis of the polarizer is parallel to that of the polarized PL layers.
- the contrast of the display device is further enhanced because the top polarizer absorbs that part of the light that otherwise would be reflected from the viewer's side.
- the black matrix can consist of organic material comprising an absorbing dye for this particular excitation wave length. This absorbing matrix can be applied using, for example, simple printing or lithographic techniques.
- One pixel element is able to generate multiple colors if several polarized PL layers are combined as already shown above.
- two polarized PL layers are placed on top of each other, i.e. in a stacked fashion, with their axes perpendicular as shown in an exploded schematic view for a blue (2a) and a red (2b) emissive polarized PL layer in Fig. 7 A.
- the arrows in this Fig. 7 indicate the direction of the axes.
- the TN-type electrooptical light valve (3.1) controls the direction of the polarization of the excitation light.
- the blue polarized PL layer (2a) is excited and emits blue light (switching state "off), or the red polarized PL layer (2b) is excited (switching state "on”) and emits red light.
- the linearly polarized incident light is converted into elliptical polarized light, exciting both polarized PL layers (2a and 2b) of which the mixed color of the combined emission can be tuned by the voltage over the TN-type electrooptical light valve (3.1).
- angles between the axes of the polarized PL layers other than 90° are possible in order to create special effects, or to combine, for instance, three different polarized PL layers. In that case the optical retardation of the polarized PL layer itself should also be accounted for, which might change the state of polarization of transmitted light.
- the polarized PL layer itself should also be accounted for, which might change the state of polarization of transmitted light.
- PL layers e.g. epitaxial growth at oriented surfaces
- a preferred embodiment according to the present invention is shown in an exploded schematic view in Fig. 7 B.
- a combination of a dichroic mirror (14) which is reflective, for example, in the UV range and transmissive in the visible regime, and a quarter wave optical retardation film (13) can be utilized to address both colors separately.
- a polarizer active in the UV regime (4) excites the red polarized photoluminescence layer (2a), while in the switching state "off this polarized UV light is transmitted by the red polarized PL layer (2a) and also by the blue one (2b). However, upon reflection at the dichroic mirror (14) the polarization of the UV light is rotated and becomes absorbed and converted by the blue polarized PL layer (2b).
- Fig. 7 C In this arrangement, different polarized PL layers (2b, 2c) are addressed by separate, for example, TN-type electrooptical light valves (3.1, 3.2).
- This configuration allows for a number of different possibilities, of which in the following two examples are given, i)
- the first example includes the use of a UV light source (1) and also makes use, as discussed for various examples before, of a cut-off filter (not shown in the figure) between the green polarized PL layer (2c) and O 99/01792
- a blue light source (1) is combined with polarized PL layers (2b, 2c) that are characterized in that they can be excited by the blue light emitted by the light source (1), possible switching states and colors as observed by the viewer (5) are then:
- the benefit of the above embodiment of the present invention is that all three principal colors are generated with one pixel element, which leads to a display with an improved brightness because the whole pixillated surface can be used to create a colored image.
- Intermediate tones and dark can be created in this configuration by a third TN electrooptical light valve and an additional polarizer (not shown in the figure), both positioned between the polarizer (4) and the light source (1), which modulates the intensity of the blue light.
- the double cell configuration is combined with a stack of polarized PL layers (2a, 2b, 2c) with crossed axes as shown in Fig. 7 D.
- Possible switching states and colors as observed by the viewer (5), when, for example a UV light source (1) is used, are then:
- intermediate tones and dark can be created in this configuration by a third TN electrooptical light valve and an additional polarizer (not shown in the figure), both positioned between the polarizer (4) and the light source (1).
- Another electrooptical light valve concept making use of the benefits of the polarized PL layers, is based on the so-called guest- host (GH) liquid crystal system.
- GH guest- host
- a dichroic dye added to the switching liquid crystal material, avoids the use of an additional polarizer or analyzer film.
- a dichroic dye absorbing in the wavelength region of the excitation wavelength is mixed with an ECB liquid crystal.
- the long axis of the dichroic dye organizes parallel to the liquid crystal molecules.
- the director axis of the liquid crystal is chosen to be parallel to the optical axis of the polarized PL layer. In the field-off state, one polarization direction of the excitation light becomes preferably absorbed by the dye and the polarized PL layer is not excited.
- the LC film In the field-on state, the LC film is completely transparent for the excitation light and the polarized PL layer emits light. In this embodiment only one polarization direction of the excitation light is used. Again, improvement of the light yield or brightness is obtained by adding a selective mirror which reflects in the wavelength region of the excitation light and transmits the emitted light.
- double cell arrangements can be beneficially used.
- the excitation light with the polarization that is transmitted by the first guest-host cell/polarized PL layer combination is switched by a second guest- host cell with its orientation axis perpendicular to that of the first one.
- a polarized PL layer is positioned which emits light with a different wavelength than that of the first polarized PL layer. In this way, two colors can be generated with one pixel element, thus improving the brightness and the color saturation of the display.
- the guest-host cells are placed on top of each other with their axes perpendicular. On top of these cells, the stack of polarized PL layers is positioned, also with their axes crossed. Each GH cell addresses one polarized PL layer of which the intermediate tone is controlled by the applied voltage over the cell. Bringing the GH cells in contact which each other has advantages with respect to cell manufacturing, electrical contacts and device thickness.
- a guest-host and a TN electrooptical light valve are combined.
- the light that is transmitted by a first GH-electrooptical light valve/polarized PL layer combination is automatically polarized. This polarization can be utilized to switch the second polarized PL layer with a TN effect.
- Embodiments of preferred display devices that comprise other electrooptical light valves, such as those based on, for example, super- twisted nematics, in-plane nematic and ferroelectrics, or combinations thereof, are also included in the present invention.
- light that is emitted from one polarized PL layer can be used for the excitation of another polarized PL layer leading to additional improvements and enhanced device characteristics.
- the display devices according to the present invention may optionally include one or more additional layers or elements including, but not limited to diffusers, color filters, scatterers, and/or prismated films. Also, scattering or reflecting polarizers might be used instead of absorbing polarizers to further enhance the brightness and efficiency of the devices according to the present invention.
- the elements constituting the display devices should have photophysical characteristics, such as transmission, absorption and refractive index, that are optimized with respect to the emission wavelength and other optical characteristics of the polarized PL layers of the present invention, and also the light source, according to the principles well known to those skilled in the art of display device design and manufacturing.
- the elements used in the display devices notably the polarized PL layers, polarizers and electrooptical light valves should be maximally stable under excitation conditions.
- a light source of a somewhat higher wavelength for example in the range of about 370 to about 470 nm may be preferred.
- devices are also contemplated that make use of both light sources, and that can be operated either under ambient or backlit illumination, or both.
- Polymers designated, respectively, O-OPPE, substituted with only linear alkyloxy side chains, and EHO-OPPE, derivatized with linear and sterically hindered alkyloxy groups in an alternating pattern are of the following chemical structures:
- PPEs poly(phenyleneethynylene)s
- Thin blend photoluminescent layers with contents of 1 and 2 % w/w of PPE were prepared by casting a solution of the different PPEs (5 or 10 mg) and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene
- ratios ( ⁇ final length/initial length) that ranged from 10 to 80.
- Draw ratios were calculated from the displacement of distance marks printed on the films prior to drawing.
- the oriented layers had a thickness in the range from about 1 to about 10 ⁇ m.
- thin blend layers with a content of 1% w/w of MEH-PPV were prepared by casting a solution of the MEH-PPV and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW PE, Hostalen Gur 412, Hoechst AG) in the identical manner as described above.
- UHMW PE ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene
- thick photoluminescent plates with a content of 1 % w/w of PPE were produced by first casting a solution of EHO-OPPE (20 mg) and high molecular weight polyethylene (HMW-PE, Hostalen GR 7255, Hoechst AG, M of -400,000 g mol "1 ) (2 g) in xylene (200 g) (dissolution at 135 °C after degassing the mixture in vacuum at 25°C for 15 min.) into a petri- dish of 11 cm in diameter. The resulting gels were dried for 70 h at ambient. Subsequently, the obtained blend was collected, placed between two aluminium plates, fitted with 1 or 5 mm spacers, and melt-pressed in a hot press for 5 min at temperatures of 140 - 150
- the anisotropic photophysical behavior of these oriented layers and plates was analyzed with polarized photoluminescence (PL) and polarized UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy.
- PL photoluminescence
- UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy For the photophysical analysis, the polymer layers and plates were sandwiched between two quartz slides; silicon oil fluid was applied in order to minimize light scattering at the layer and plate surfaces. The dichroic ratios were measured as defined above.
- UV/Vis absorption spectra were recorded on a Perkin Elmer Lambda 900 instrument, fitted with motor driven Glan-Thomson polarizers. Scattering effects were compensated in the absorption measurements by subtracting the spectra of pure UHMW PE films of comparable draw ratio and thickness.
- the 80 times drawn layer containing 1 % MEH-PPV displayed a dichroic ratio, measured in emission, of 62 and a dichroic ratio measured in absorption, of 14.
- the oriented plate of a draw ratio of 3.6 and a thickness of 1.5 mm was characterized by a dichroic ratio, measured both in emission and absorption, of only about 2.
- a display device was constructed according to the schematic of Fig. 3 A.
- a UV lamp Bioblock, VL-4LC, 4 Watts
- 365 nm was employed as a light source.
- an unoriented, thick polymer blend plate of 1 mm thickness of HMW PE containing 1 % w/w of EHO-OPPE prepared according to Example A was placed in between the UV source and a commercial liquid crystal display, consisting of a patterned electrooptical light valve (3) and one absorbing polarizer (2), arranged as shown in Fig 3 A.
- Selected patterns of the display device were switched between the "on” and the "off state, but the switching did not change the appearance of the device. Due to the isotropic emission from the unoriented plate, the entire area was illuminated by the light source, and the device in both switching states showed a dim, continuous, homogeneous yellow-green light.
- This comparative example shows that employing a thick, unoriented plate of photoluminescent material, characterized by a dichroic ratio of unity in absorption and emission, in a device configuration according to Fig. 3 A, does not yield a display device, that can be switched between two different optical states ("bright” and "dark”).
- Example B (Outside of the Invention) was repeated, but instead of an unoriented, polymer blend plate of 1 mm thickness of HMW PE containing 1 % w/w of EHO-OPPE, a 70 ⁇ m thin, unoriented layer of UHMW PE containing 1 % w/w of EHO-OPPE (prepared according to Example A) was used in the device. Selected patterns of the display device (segments) were switched between the "on” and the "off state, but the switching did not change the appearance of the device. Due to the isotropic emission from the unoriented layer, the entire area was illuminated by the light source, and the device in both switching states showed a continuous, homogeneous yellow- green light.
- Example B (Outside of the Invention) was repeated, but instead of an unoriented, polymer blend plate of 1 mm thickness of HMW PE containing 1 % w/w of EHO-OPPE, a 1.5 mm thick, oriented plate of the same composition, of a draw-ratio of 3.6 and a dichroic ratio, measured in emission and absorption, of about 2 (prepared according to Example A) was used in the device. Selected patterns of the display device (segments) were switched between the "on” and the "off state. The switching, indeed, led to a change in brightness, but however, the contrast between the "on” and the "off state, as perceived by the human eye, was extremely low. One reason for the poor contrast of this device is the fact that the switched segments in their "off state still exhibit a significant yellow-green emission.
- This comparative example shows that employing a thick photoluminescent plate with a moderate polarized absorption and emission does not yield significantly improved characteristics of a liquid crystal display.
- Example B (Outside of the Invention) was repeated, but instead of an unoriented, polymer blend plate of 1 mm thickness of HMW PE
- This comparative example shows that employing a thin photoluminescent layer with a moderate polarized absorption does not yield significantly improved characteristics of a liquid crystal display.
- a display device was constructed according to the schematic of Fig. 3 A.
- a UV lamp (Bioblock, VL-4LC, 4 Watts), operated at 365 nm, was employed as a light source. (It should be noted that the latter was not optimized for the particular absorption band of the present photoluminescent materials).
- the polarized PL (Bioblock, VL-4LC, 4 Watts), operated at 365 nm, was employed as a light source. (It should be noted that the latter was not optimized for the particular absorption band of the present photoluminescent materials).
- layer (2) was a highly oriented, 2 ⁇ m thin polymer blend layer of
- UHMW PE containing 2 % w/w of EHO-OPPE of a draw ratio of 80 and a dichroic ratio, measured in absorption, of 56, and, measured in emission, of 72 (prepared according to Example A), and was placed in between the UV source and a commercial liquid crystal display, consisting of a patterned electrooptical light valve (3) and one absorbing polarizer (4), arranged as shown in Fig 3 A. Selected patterns of the display device (segments) were switched between the "on” and the "off state. The switching yielded a significant change in brightness, that was perceived by the human eye as a change from a very bright yellow-green to almost dark. In order to quantify the observed outstanding contrast, the absolute brightness of the "on” and the "off state were measured with a Minolta LS 100 luminance meter, which was fitted with a No 1 10 and a No 122 close-up lens.
- the contrast ratio which hereinafter is defined as the ratio between the brightnesses of the "on” (32 cd/m 2 ) and “off state ( ⁇ 4 cd/m 2 ) , of the device was in excess of 7.
- the contrast ratio was about 3.5.
- This example shows that employing a thin, polarized PL layer characterized in a high degree of polarization for both, absorption and emission, yields a liquid crystal display of dramatically improved contrast.
- Example 1 was repeated, but instead of the drawn blend film containing 2 w/w % of EHO-OPPE in UHMW PE, an 80 times drawn blend film containing 1 w/w % MEH-PPV in UHMW PE with a dichroic ratio, measured in emission, of 62, and a dichroic ratio measured in absorption, of 14, prepared according to Example A, was used. Selected patterns of the display device (segments) were switched between the "on” and the "off state. The switching yielded a significant change in brightness, that was perceived by the human eye as a change from a orange-red to almost dark. The contrast and absolute brightness of the "on” and the "off state of the device were comparable to the device in Example 1. This examples illustrates that by appropriately selecting the photoluminescent material, devices of high brightness and high contrast can be prepared that exhibit a different color.
- a display device was constructed according to the schematic of Fig. 5.
- a UV lamp (Bioblock, VL-4LC, 4 Watts), operated at 365 nm, was employed as a light source. (It should be noted that the latter was not optimized for the particular absorption bands of the present photoluminescent materials).
- PL layers (2, 12), were an oriented, 2 ⁇ m thin polymer blend layer of
- UHMW PE containing 2 % w/w of EHO-OPPE of a draw ratio of 80 and a dichroic ratio, measured in absorption, of 56, and, measured in
- UHMW PE containing 1% w/w MEH-PPV of a draw ratio of 80 and a dichroic ratio, measured in absorption, of 14, and, measured in emission, of 62 (12) (prepared according to Example A).
- the polarized PL layers (2, 12) were placed with their orientation directions perpendicular to one another and in between the UV source and a commercial liquid crystal display, consisting of a patterned electrooptical light valve (3) and one absorbing polarizer (4), arranged as shown in Fig 5. Selected patterns of the display device (segments) were switched between the "on” and the "off state.' The switching, led to a significant change in color, that was perceived by the human eye as a change from a bright yellow-green to orange-red.
- This examples illustrates that by appropriately selecting and employing two polarized PL layers, display devices of high brightness and high contrast can be prepared that exhibit two different colors in the "on” and "off state.
- a commercial liquid crystalline mixture (K15, BDH Ltd.) was placed onto the 80 times drawn blend films containing 2 % w/w of EHO-PPE in UHMW PE and containing 1 % w/w MEH-PPV in UHMW PE, respectively, prepared according to Example A were used.
- the liquid crystalline material was found to immediately adopt a uniaxial orientation.
- This example shows that the layers according to the present invention also can be placed inside a liquid crystal cell that operates as a light valve in a display device, and functions not only as the polarized PL layer but also as orientation layer (3d in Fig. 3 C) for the liquid crystalline material.
- a display device was constructed according to the schematic of Fig. 6, however without the cut-off filter (8).
- a UV lamp (Bioblock, VL-4LC, 4 Watts), operated at 365 nm, was employed as a light source. (It should be noted that the latter was not optimized for the particular absorption bands of the present photoluminescent materials).
- the polarized PL layer (2) was an
- the polarized PL layer (2) was placed in between the viewer and a patterned liquid crystal electrooptical light valve (3) and one UV-active, absorbing polarizer
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