PHASE DIFFERENCE-COMPENSTING ELEMENT, VAN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR

摘要

A retardation compensation element (56) is composed of a C-plate (86) and an O-plate (85). The 0-plate (85) is a biaxial birefringent medium made of an obliquely deposited organic material, and has a fast axis (L6) parallel to the orthographic projection of a deposition direction (96) onto the surface of the O-plate (85). Between a liquid crystal display device (51) and an analyzer (68), the O-plate (85) is arranged such that the fast axis (L6) and a tilt direction (L8) of liquid crystal molecules (75) parallel to each other, and that the deposition direction (96) and the tilt direction (L8) face the opposite direction. The C-plate (86) is disposed above the O-plate (85) between the liquid crystal display device (51) and the analyzer (68).