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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2019
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JP;
Kyushu University, National University Corporation, Fukuoka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Dic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Yamamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Koki Takamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Takeaki Araki, Kyoto, JP;
Waki Sakatsuji, Kyoto, JP;
Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasushi Okumura, Fukuoka, JP;
Koji Fujikawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Yu Fukunaga, Fukuoka, JP;
Kiyoshi Minoura, Sakai, JP;
Koji Murata, Sakai, JP;
Isa Nishiyama, Kitaadachi-gun, JP;
Koichi Endo, Kitaadachi-gun, JP;
KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Kyoto, JP;
KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, Fukuoka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
DIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical device () includes a first substrate () and a second substrate () facing each other, a liquid crystal component () between the first substrate () and the second substrate (), a first electrode () and a second electrode () located on the first substrate () on the second substrate () side, and a first alignment layer () that is located on the first substrate () on the second substrate () side and controls the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal component (), wherein an interface between the liquid crystal component () and the first alignment layer () forms a non-glide weak anchoring interface ().