Patent ID: 8383212

Claim:
A laminated body comprising: an alignment film comprising: a substrate having a plurality of grooves extending in a specific direction on a surface; and a non-alignment thin film formed along a surface of the plurality of grooves wherein the plurality of grooves include a plurality of first grooves extending in a first direction and a plurality of second grooves extending in a second direction crossing with the first direction, wherein a first elongated groove region including the plurality of first grooves and a second elongated groove region including the plurality of second grooves are respectively strip-shaped in a common extension direction and are alternately arranged, and wherein a bisector on an angle formed between the first direction and the second direction is at least substantially parallel to the common extension direction of the first elongated groove region and the second elongated groove region; and a liquid crystal layer that is aligned along an extending direction of a dent formed by the non-alignment thin film and is polymerized.