PCT No. PCT/JP97/00642 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 11, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 11, 1997 PCT Filed Mar. 3, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/40410 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 30, 1997A circular dichroism optical element having the solidified layer of a liquid crystal polymer comprising a Grandjean oriented cholesteric liquid crystal phase, a liquid crystal display apparatus using the optical element, and a liquid crystal polymer composed of, as the component, a copolymer comprising at least two kinds of specific acrylic monomer units.
Circular dichroism optical element, apparatus thereof, and liquid crystal polymer