摘要 |
Provided is a wire-grid polarizer having high degree of polarization and high p-polarized light transmission and a low back s-polarized light reflectance, and also provided is a method of fabricating same. A wire-grid polarizer (10) comprises a light-transmissive substrate (14) having a surface on which a plurality of ribs (12) which decreases in width gradually from the bottom toward the top are formed in parallel with a flat part (13) formed therebetween and at a predetermined pitch (Pp), a first reflective layer (20) composed of a metal material and covering the first side surface (16) of the rib (12), and a first absorption layer (22) composed of a light-absorbing material which absorbs light more than the metal material and existing between the rib (12) and the first reflective layer (20) to cover the first side surface (16) of the ribs (12) entirely. A method of fabricating the wire-grid polarizer (10) comprises a step for forming the first absorption layer (22) and the first reflective layer (20) by oblique deposition. A liquid crystal display equipped with the wire-grid polarizer (10) is also provided. |