PROMISING APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS AND PHOTONICS DEVICES

To-date applications of different types of liquid crystal devices are reviewed. Main applications presented relate to displays and some problems of light control (photonics). The display is considered as a complex system. Besides the liquid crystals (LC) and electrooptic modes almost all LC device components that effect on the LCD operation and visual performances are reviewed. Brief data on the LC devices market and its segments are presented. Special attention is paid to the components, technologies and applications poorly described in the Russian literature.