Liquid Crystal Displays

Zhibing (Robin) Ge  (Ph.D.)

College of Optics and Photonics/CREOL

University of Central Florida,

Orlando, FL, 32816, USA

Phone: 407-823-4922

Fax: 407-823-6880

Email: zge@mail.ucf.edu

 

 


Educational History:

2007

Ph. D. in  Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida, U. S. A.

2004

M. S. in Electrical Engineering (4.0/4.0 GPA) University of Central Florida, U. S. A

2002

B. S. in Information Engineering (90.2/100 GPA), Zhejiang University, Yuquan Campus, China

98-02

Honored Mixed-Class Program, Chu KeChen College, Zhejiang University, Yuquan Campus, China

 


Professional Experience:

05.2008-Present

Associate Editor for Journal of Society for Information Display (JSID)

01.2008-Present

Research Scientist in College of Optics and Photonics, UCF

 


Awards:

2008

2008 Otto Lehmann Award

2008

2007-2008 UCF Outstanding Dissertation Award (1 recipient annually out of peer graduated Ph.D. students)

2007

2007 SPIE Educational Scholarship in Optical Science & Engineering

2007

2006-2007 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges at UCF

2006

2006 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Studying Abroad (75 finalists among Chinese graduate students from every research areas in USA )

2006

2006 IEEE/LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship Award (12 finalists worldwide each year)

2006

Society of Information Display (SID) Student Travel Grant Award

2002

Electrical Engineering Fellowship Award at University of Central Florida

2002

Recipient of “Certificate of Excellence” for Top 10 Student in Mixed-Class Honor Program at Zhejiang University

2001

“Meritorious” Award in American Mathematical Contest in Modeling (AMCM), USA

2000

First Class Award of National Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (NUMCM), China

99-01

Excellent Undergraduate Student Scholarship at Zhejiang University

 

 

 


Book Chapter:
  1. X. Zhu, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, "Transflective liquid crystal technologies,"  Chapter 5 in book Mobile Displays by Wiley, (2008).

 

 


Journal Publications:

 

2009

  1. Z. Ge, S. Gauza, M. Jiao, H. Xianyu, and S. T. Wu, "Electro-optics of polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal displays," Appl. Phys. Lett. 94,101104 (2009).
  2. M. Jiao, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, "Wide-view MVA-LCDs with an achromatic dark state," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 5, 141-146 (June, 2009).
  3. Z. Ge, X. Zhu, T. X. Wu, S. T. Wu, W. Li, and C. K. Wei, "Switchable transmissive and reflective liquid crystal display using a multi-domain vertical alignment," J. Soc. Info. Disp. 17, 561 (2009).
  4. Z. Ge, L. Rao, S. Gauza, and S. T. Wu, "Modeling of blue phase liquid crystal displays," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 5, 250-256 (2009).
  5. Y. Li, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, "A simple transflective LCD for mobile applications," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 5, (In press, July, 2009).
  6. M. Jiao, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, "Broadband wide-view LCDs with a small color shift," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 5, (In press, August, 2009).
  7. 2 coauthored papers under submission with Prof. S. H. Lee's group

2008

  1. Z. Ge, S. T. Wu, and S. H. Lee, "Wide-view and sunlight readable transflective liquid crystal display for mobile applications," Opt. Lett.,33,2623 (Nov. 2008).
  2. Y. Zhao, Z. Ge,and J. Fang, "Elastic modulus of viral nanotubes," Phys. Rev. E, 78, 031914 (Sept. 2008).
  3. Y. Li, Z. Ge, R. Lu, M. Jiao, and S. T. Wu, "Fast-response liquid crystal displays using crossed fringe fields," J. Soc. Info. Disp, 16/10, 1069-1074 (Sept. 2008).
  4. Z. Ge and S. T. Wu, "Nano-wire grid polarizer for energy efficient and wide-view liquid crystal displays," Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 121104 (2008).
  5. R. Lu, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu "Wide-view and single cell gap transflective liquid crystal display using slit-induced multidomain structures," Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 191102 (2008).
  6. Z. Ge, S. T. Wu, S. S. Kim, J. W. Park, and S. H. Lee, "Thin cell fringe-field-switching liquid crystal display with a chiral dopant," Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 181109 (2008).
  7. M. Jiao, Z. Ge, S. T. Wu, and W. K. Choi, "Submillisecond response nematic liquid crystal modulators using dual fringe field switching in a vertically aligned cell," Appl. Phys. Lett, 92, 111101 (2008).
  8. Z. Ge, R. Lu, T. X. Wu, S. T. Wu, C. L. Lin, N. C. Hsu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei, "Extraordinarily wide-view circular polarizers for liquid crystal displays," Opt. Express, 16, 3120 (2008).
  9. Z. Ge, T. X. Wu, and S. T. Wu, "Single cell gap and wide-view transflective liquid crystal display using fringe filed switching and embedded wire grid polarizer," Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 051109 (2008).
  10. M. Jiao, Z. Ge, Q. Song, and S. T. Wu, "Alignment layers effects on thin liquid crystal cells," Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 061102 (2008)
  11. Z. Ge, M. Jiao, R. Lu, T. X. Wu, S. T. Wu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei, "Wide-view and broadband circular polarizers for transflective liquid crystal displays," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 4, 129-138 (2008).

2007

  1. H. Y. Kim, Z. Ge, S. T. Wu, and S. H. Lee, "Wide-view transflective liquid crystal display for mobile applications," Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 231108 (2007).
  2. Z. Ge, X. Zhu, R. Lu, T. X. Wu, and S. T. Wu, "Transflective liquid crystal display using commonly biased reflectors," Appl. Phys. Lett., 90, 221111 (2007).
  3. X. Zhu, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, "Single-cell-gap transflective liquid crystal display with complementary common electrodes and reflectors," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 3, 247-249 (Sept. 2007).
  4. J. H. Lee, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, "Electro-optic properties of a twisted-homeotropic liquid crystal cell with a reverse-handed chiral dopant," Appl. Phys. Lett., 90, 201108 (2007).
  5. R. Lu, Z. Ge, Q. Hong, and S. T. Wu, "Transflective in-plane switching liquid crystal display," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 3, 15-21 (Mar. 2007).

2006

  1. Y. Zhou, Y. Huang, Z. Ge, L. P. Chen, Q. Hong, T. X. Wu, and S. T. Wu, "Enhanced photonic band edge laser emission in cholesteric liquid crystal resonator," Phys. Rev. E 74, 061705 (Dec. 2006).
  2. Z. Ge, X. Zhu, T. X. Wu, and S. T. Wu, "High-transmittance in-plane switching liquid crystal displays using a positive-dielectric-anisotropy liquid crystal," J. Soc. Info. Disp, 14/11, 1031-1037 (Nov. 2006).
  3. R. Lu, Q. Hong, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, "Color shift reduction of a multi-domain IPS-LCD using RGB-LED backlight," Opt. Express 14, 6243-6252 (June 26, 2006).
  4. Z. Ge, X. Zhu, and S. T. Wu, "Transflective liquid crystal displays using wire grid polarizer," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology Letter, 2, 102-105 (2006).
  5. Z. Ge, X. Zhu, T. X. Wu, and S. T. Wu, "High transmittance in-plane switching liquid crystal displays," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 2, 114-120, (June 2006).
  6. X. Zhu, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, "Analytical solutions for uniaxial-film-compensated wide-view liquid crystal displays," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 2, 2-20 (Mar. 2006).

2005

  1. Z. Ge, T. X. Wu, R. Lu, X. Zhu, Q. Hong, and S. T. Wu, "Comprehensive three-dimensional dynamic modeling of liquid crystal devices using finite element method," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 1, 194-206 (Dec. 2005).
  2. R. Lu, S. T. Wu, Z. Ge, Q. Hong, and T. X. Wu, "Bending angle effects on the multi-domain in-plane-switching liquid crystal displays," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 1, 207-216 (Dec. 2005).
  3. Y. H. Lin, H. Ren, Y. H. Wu, Y. Zhao, J. Fang, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, "Polarization -independent phase modulator using a thin polymer-separated double-layered structure," Opt. Express, 13, 8746-8752 (Oct. 2005).
  4. X. Zhu, Z. Ge, T. X. Wu, and S. T. Wu, "Transflective liquid crystal displays," IEEE/OSA J. Display Technology, 1, 15-29, (Sept. 2005).
  5. X. Nie, Y. H. Lin, T. X. Wu, H. Wang, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, "Polar anchoring energy measurement of vertically-aligned liquid crystal cells," J. Appl. Phys., 98, 013516 (July 2005).
  6. Z. Ge, T. X. Wu, X. Zhu, and S. T. Wu, "Reflective liquid crystal displays with asymmetric incidence and exit angles," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A., 22, 966-977 (May 2005).

 

Issued and Pending Patents:

 

 

Issued Patents:

1.    S. T. Wu, Q. H. Wang, T. X. Wu, X. Zhu, and Z. Ge, “Transflective LCD using multilayer dielectric film transflector,” US Patent No. US 7,230,663 B1 (Jun. 12, 2007).

2.    X. Zhu, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, “Transflective liquid crystal display with fringe and longitudinal electric field,” US Patent No. US 7,339,641 B2 (Mar. 4, 2008)

 

Pending Patents:

3.    Z. Ge, X. Zhu, S. T. Wu, and T. X. Wu “Liquid crystal display devices with high transmittance and wide viewing angle,” US Patent Publication No. US2007/0115XXX A1 (May 24, 2007).

4.    X. Zhu, Z. Ge, S. T. Wu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei “Liquid crystal display,” US Patent Publication No. US2008/0218XXX A1 (Sep. 11, 2007).

5.    Z. Ge, X. Zhu, T. X. Wu, S. T. Wu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei “Transflective liquid crystal display,” US Patent Publication No. US2008/0165XXX A1 (Jul. 10, 2008).

6.    Z. Ge, X. Zhu, T. X. Wu, S. T. Wu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei “Transflective liquid crystal display,” US Patent Publication No. US2008/0204XXX A1 (Aug. 28, 2008).

7.    Z. Ge, X. Zhu, R. Lu, T. X. Wu, S. T. Wu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei “Transflective liquid crystal display,” US Patent Publication No. US2008/0231XXX A1 (Sep. 25, 2008).

8.    Z. Ge, T. X. Wu, S. T. Wu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei “Wide viewing angle transflective liquid crystal displays,” US Patent Publication No. US2008/0309XXX A1 (Dec. 18, 2008).

9.    Z. Ge, T. X. Wu, S. T. Wu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei “Wide viewing angle and broadband circular polarizers for transflective liquid crystal displays,” US Patent Publication No. US2008/0309XXX A1 (Dec. 18, 2008).

10. Z. Ge, R. Lu, T. X. Wu, S. T. Wu, C. L. Lin, and N. C. Hsu, “Wide viewing angle circular polarizers,” US Patent Application Attorney Docket No. UCF. 0002US (XXX) (Filed Dec. 21, 2007, to be published in 2009).

11. H. Y. Kim, Z. Ge, S. H. Lee, S. T. Wu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei “Transflective liquid crystal displays,” US Patent Application CMO Ref. No. P080XXX (14509-XXX) (Filed in 2008, to be published in 2009 or 2010).

12. Z. Ge, S. T. Wu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei “Wide viewing angle transflective liquid crystal displays,” US Patent Application CMO Ref. No. P080XXX (14509-XXX) (to be filed in 2009, to be published in 2010 or 2011).

13. Z. Ge, S. T. Wu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei “Liquid crystal displays with embedded photovoltaic cells” US Patent Application CMO Ref. No. to be assigned (to be filed in 2009, to be published in 2010 or 2011).

14. Z. Ge, L. Rao, S. T. Wu, and C. K. Wei “Low Driving Voltage Liquid crystal displays” US Patent Application CMO Ref. No. to be assigned (to be filed in 2009, to be published in 2010 or 2011).

 

   

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