Patent ID: 7236222

Claim:
A liquid crystal panel comprising: a liquid crystal cell comprising a liquid crystal layer containing homogeneously aligned liquid crystal molecules in the absence of an electric field; a first polarizer arranged on one side of the liquid crystal cell; a second polarizer arranged on the other side of the liquid crystal cell; a first optical element and a second optical element arranged between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal cell; and a third optical element arranged between the second polarizer and the liquid crystal cell, wherein: the first optical element has substantially optically negative uniaxial property; the second optical element has a refractive index profile of nx>nz>ny, satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2), has wavelength dispersion property of 0.8 to 1.2, and is arranged between the first optical element and the liquid crystal cell; and the third optical element has substantially optical isotropy: 130 nm≦Re[590]≦250 nm (1) 0 nm<Rth[590]<Re[590] (2) wherein in the expressions (1) and (2), Re[590] and Rth[590] respectively represent in-plane retardation and thickness direction retardation values determined by using light of a wavelength of 590 nm at 23° C.