摘要 |
A polarizing plate with an optical compensation layer capable of appropriately preventing leakage of light in black display while preventing thermal unevenness and contributing to reduction in thickness, and an image display employing it. The polarizing plate with an optical compensation layer comprises a polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, a second optical compensation layer, and a third optical compensation layer arranged in this order. The first, second and third optical compensation layers respectively have a predetermined absolute value of photoelastic coefficient, refractive index distribution, in-plane phase difference and/or phase difference in the thickness direction, respectively. The angle between the absorption axis of the polarizer and the lag axis of the first optical compensation layer is 10-30°, the angle between the absorption axis of the polarizer and the lag axis of the second optical compensation layer is 70-95°, and the angle between the absorption axis of the polarizer and the lag axis of the third optical compensation layer is 70-95°.
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