| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve, for example, a high-contrast display in a liquid crystal device. <P>SOLUTION: The projector (10 etc.) includes: a liquid crystal panel (15c) modulating light and having a twisted liquid crystal (34) held between a first substrate (92) having a first alignment layer (98) and a second substrate (41) having a second alignment layer (43), the alignment state of the liquid crystal regulated by the first and second alignment layers; a pair of polarizing plates (15b, 15d); a first retardation plate (15a) holding a uniaxial first refractive anisotropy (81a), in which, in a plan view in the normal direction of the polarizing plate, a first optical axis (nz1') of the first refractive index anisotropy is along a first alignment direction (R1) that is the alignment direction of first liquid crystal molecules constituting a portion of the liquid crystal face-contact with the first alignment layer; and a second retardation plate (15e) having a uniaxial second refractive index anisotropy (81e), in which, in a plan view along the normal direction, a second optical axis (ny2') of the second refractive index anisotropy is along a second alignment direction (R2) that is the alignment direction of second liquid crystal constituting a portion of the liquid crystal face-contact with the second alignment layer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |
