45.1: <i>Invited Paper</i> : Advanced Polarizer Film for Improved Performance of Liquid Crystal Displays

Abstract

Abstract A multilayer birefringent reflective polarizer film is described. This film has high refractive index difference between the birefringent and isotropic layers in the stretch direction and substantially matched indices in the remaining orthogonal axes. The film has high polarizing efficiency, excellent color uniformity and is thinner than conventional reflective polarizers.