Water Resistant Cellulose Acetate Based Photopolymer for Recording of Volume Phase Holograms
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background
2.1. Evaluation of the Holographic Recording Material Properties
2.1.1. Diffraction Efficiency of Volume Phase Gratings
2.1.2. Bragg Selectivity Curve
2.1.3. Sensitivity of the Recording Material
3. Material and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.1.1. Photopolymer Composition
3.1.2. Photopolymer Solution Preparation and Layer Coating
3.2. Recording and Testing of the Holograms
3.3. Data Analysis
3.4. Characterisation of Materials Hardness
4. Results
4.1. Preliminary Screening of Layers of Different Thickness
4.2. Intensity Dependence of the Holographic Recording
4.3. Sensitivity of the Layers
4.4. Durability of the Recorded Grating in Water
4.5. Characterisation of the Hardness of the Layer Surface
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Components | (A) Amount (g) | (B) Amount (g) | (C) Amount (g) |
---|---|---|---|
Cellulose acetate (CA) (g) | 5.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 |
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) (g) | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
Acrylamide (AA) (g) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
N,N′methylenbisacrylamide (BA) (g) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
N-phenyl glycine (NPG) (g) | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.09 |
Erthrosine B dye (EB) (g) | 0.0044 | 0.0044 | 0.0044 |
Total weight | 10.854 | 10.854 | 10.894 |
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Gul, S.-e.-; Cassidy, J.; Naydenova, I. Water Resistant Cellulose Acetate Based Photopolymer for Recording of Volume Phase Holograms. Photonics 2021, 8, 329. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080329
Gul S-e-, Cassidy J, Naydenova I. Water Resistant Cellulose Acetate Based Photopolymer for Recording of Volume Phase Holograms. Photonics. 2021; 8(8):329. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080329
Chicago/Turabian StyleGul, Sabad-e-, John Cassidy, and Izabela Naydenova. 2021. "Water Resistant Cellulose Acetate Based Photopolymer for Recording of Volume Phase Holograms" Photonics 8, no. 8: 329. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080329