| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal device which can display an image of high contrast and can be made compact. <P>SOLUTION: A liquid crystal device includes: a pair of substrates (10, 20) disposed oppositely to each other and having alignment layers (16, 22), respectively; a liquid crystal (50) interposed between the pair of substrates and comprising liquid crystal molecules (501) given a pretilt by the alignment layers; a pair of polarizing plates (310, 320) disposed so as to interpose the pair of substrates between them; a first optical compensation element (210) disposed between the pair of polarizing plates, having a positive uniaxiality and having a first optical axis inclined in a direction different from a direction where the major axis of the liquid crystal molecules given a pretilt inclines with respect to one plane along the pair of substrates as an optical axis; and a second optical compensation element (220) disposed between the pair of polarizing plates, having a positive uniaxiality, having a lagging axis when viewed from a direction along the normal of the one plane as an optical axis and rotatable around an axis along the normal of the one plane. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |
