US 11,860,484 B2
Liquid crystal element
Sunri Lee, Suita (JP); Giichi Shibuya, Suita (JP); Hiroyuki Yoshida, Suita (JP); and Masanori Ozaki, Suita (JP)
Assigned to OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/620,349
Filed by OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/024083
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/255248, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365383 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1339 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/13394 (2013.01) [G02F 1/1337 (2013.01); G02F 1/13398 (2021.01); G02F 1/134381 (2021.01); G02F 1/294 (2021.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid crystal element comprising:
a plurality of unit electrodes each including a first electrode and a second electrode;
a liquid crystal layer to which a voltage is applied from each of the unit electrodes; and
a plurality of wall members arranged in the liquid crystal layer, wherein
the liquid crystal layer has a waveform retardation, and
two or more of a plurality of peaks in the waveform retardation correspond to positions of respective wall members.