According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first insulating substrate, a second insulating substrate, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode, a wavelength conversion element to convert light of a first wavelength polarized in a first polarization direction into light of a second wavelength polarized in a second polarization direction, and a liquid crystal layer having a first thickness in an area opposed to the first pixel electrode, and having a second thickness greater than the first thickness in an area opposed to the second pixel electrode.
1. A display device, comprising:
a first insulating substrate;
a second insulating substrate opposed to the first insulating substrate;
a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode arranged between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate;
a wavelength conversion element located between the first pixel electrode and the first insulating substrate or between the first pixel electrode and the second insulating substrate, to convert light of a first wavelength polarized in a first polarization direction into light of a second wavelength polarized in a second polarization direction; and
a liquid crystal layer located between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate, having a first thickness in an area opposed to the first pixel electrode, and having a second thickness greater than the first thickness in an area opposed to the second pixel electrode,
wherein the second polarization direction is perpendicular to the first polarization direction.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the wavelength conversion element comprises a rod-shaped quantum dot having a long axis aligned in a direction parallel to a main surface of the first insulating substrate or the second insulating substrate, and the quantum dot has a wavelength conversion property of absorbing the light of the first wavelength and emitting the light of the second wavelength longer than the first wavelength.
3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
a first black display voltage applied to the first pixel electrode when a first pixel in which the first pixel electrode is arranged is subjected to black display, is different in absolute value from a second black display voltage applied to the second pixel electrode when a second pixel in which the second pixel electrode is arranged is subjected to black display.
4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein
a first white display voltage is applied to the first pixel electrode when the first pixel is subjected to white display, and
a second white display voltage different in absolute value from the first white display voltage is applied to the second pixel electrode when the second pixel is subjected to white display.
5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the display device further comprises a backlight unit on a side opposite to a side of the first insulating substrate opposed to the second insulating substrate.
6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein
the backlight unit is a monochromatic light source of the first wavelength, and
the first wavelength is a wavelength in a blue area.
7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the display device further comprises an interlayer insulating film arranged on a side of the first insulating substrate opposed to the second insulating substrate, and
the interlayer insulating film includes a first recess portion at a position different from a position opposed to the wavelength conversion element.
8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the display device further comprises an overcoat layer arranged on a side of the second insulating substrate opposed to the first insulating substrate, and
the overcoat layer includes a second recess portion at a position different from a position opposed to the wavelength conversion element.
9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the display device further comprises a reflective film arranged between the first insulating substrate and the wavelength conversion element.
10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein
the reflective film includes a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion spaced apart from each other and arranged alternately, and
the wavelength conversion element comprises a rod-shaped quantum dot having a long axis aligned in a direction in which the first and second electrode portions are arranged.
11. A display device, comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate opposed to the first substrate;
and
a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate comprising:
an insulating substrate comprising a first main surface and a second main surface which is opposite to the first main surface;
a polarizer arranged on the first main surface;
a wavelength conversion element arranged on a side of the insulating substrate opposed to the second main surface;
an interlayer insulating film arranged at a position opposed to the wavelength conversion element, and including a first recess portion at a position different from the position opposed to the wavelength conversion element;
a first pixel electrode arranged between the interlayer insulating film and the liquid crystal layer, and opposed to the wavelength conversion element; and
a second pixel electrode arranged between the interlayer insulating film and the liquid crystal layer, and located at the first recess portion,
the liquid crystal layer having a first thickness in an area opposed to the first pixel electrode and a second thickness greater than the first thickness in an area opposed to the second pixel electrode.
12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein
the second substrate comprises an overcoat layer arranged on a side opposed to the first substrate, and
the overcoat layer includes a second recess portion at a position opposed to the first recess portion.
13. The display device of claim 11 , wherein
the wavelength conversion element comprises a rod-shaped quantum dot having a long axis aligned in a direction parallel to a transparent axis of the polarizer, and the quantum dot absorbs light of a first wavelength polarized in the alignment direction of the long axis and emits light of a second wavelength polarized in a direction perpendicular to the alignment direction of the long axis.
14. The display device of claim 11 , wherein
a first black display voltage applied to the first pixel electrode when a first pixel in which the first pixel electrode is arranged is subjected to black display, is different in absolute value from a second black display voltage applied to the second pixel electrode when a second pixel in which the second pixel electrode is arranged is subjected to black display.
15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein
a first white display voltage is applied to the first pixel electrode when the first pixel is subjected to white display, and
a second white display voltage different in absolute value from the first white display voltage is applied to the second pixel electrode when the second pixel is subjected to white display.
16. The display device of claim 11 , wherein
the display device further comprises a backlight unit on a side opposite to a side of the first substrate opposed to the second substrate.
17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein
the backlight unit is a monochromatic light source having a peak wavelength in a blue area.
18. The display device of claim 11 , wherein
the display device further comprises a reflective film arranged between the insulating substrate and the wavelength conversion element.
19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein
the reflective film includes a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion spaced apart from each other and arranged alternately, and
the wavelength conversion element comprises a rod-shaped quantum dot having a long axis aligned in a direction in which the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion are arranged.