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M4: Optical Films for LCD Backlights
Gary Boyd, 3M, St. Paul, MN, USA

LCD backlights must balance performance tradeoffs between on-axis brightness, angle cutoff, uniformity, efficiency, color, and contrast, as well as thickness, durability, and system cost. This seminar will address the basic operation and interactions between backlight optical elements, including reflective polarizers, prism films, specular and diffuse reflectors, and transmissive diffusers.