记录方式对光致聚合物中全息光栅形成过程的影响

根据光致聚合物记录机理,研究了不同记录方式对光栅衍射效率的影响.对已有的光致聚合物光栅形成的一阶扩散模型进行简化,求解出全息曝光、暗增长、均匀后曝光过程对应的折射率调制度的解析式.应用所得解析结果,对三种记录方式在不同光强下的折射率调制度动态进行数值模拟.采用蓝敏光致聚合物,分别在4 mW/cm~2和2 mW/cm~2光强下应用不同方式记录光栅,结果表明:如果曝光光强较高,暗增长的记录方式将获得相对高的饱和折射率调制度,而均匀后曝光会加速达到饱和的进程.     

金纳米颗粒掺杂光致聚合物的体全息混合光栅模型

金纳米颗粒掺杂光致聚合物在全息曝光过程中,光产物周期分布会形成折射率调制相位型主光栅,同时金纳米颗粒周期分布形成由局域表面等离子体共振引起强吸收的振幅型辅助光栅。研究基于耦合波理论的一种混合光栅模型,分析了光栅的体全息光学特性。结果表明,混合光栅中的折射率光栅和吸收光栅都能够提升体光栅的衍射效率; 体光栅的角度选择性也可以得到明显的改善。     

Nonlinear diffraction in gratings based on polymer–dispersed TiO 2 nanoparticles

In this letter we report a simple technique to produce volume holographic gratings based on photopolymerizable composites containing TiO₂ nanoparticles. Diffraction gratings with high refractive index modulation amplitude (up to 1.25 × 10⁻²) have been formed due to the periodic distribution of high refractive index nanoparticles in a low refractive index polymer matrix. The diffraction efficiency increases strongly on increasing the nanoparticle concentration. Taking the mixture with 10 wt.% TiO₂ nanoparticles, gratings with high diffraction efficiency, low level of scattering and high transparency in the visible-wavelength range have been obtained. This will ultimately lead to different applications of diffractive optical elements based on nanocomposites. The dependence of the gratings’ diffraction efficiency on the intensity of probe laser pulses at 1064 nm has been explored. It is shown that the nonlinear response of the gratings is attributed mainly to the nonlinear properties of the TiO₂ nanoparticles embedded in the polymer matrix. The mechanism of the grating formation and the reasons for the nonlinear behavior of the diffraction efficiency are discussed.     

Features of the dynamic self-action of light beams during holographic recording in photopolymers

The influence of changes in the average refractive index and thickness of a working medium layer on the holographic record of sloped transmission gratings in photopolymerizable compositions (PPCs) was studied. The parameters of holographic gratings change with increasing slope of grating lines. It is shown that shrinkage of the PPC layer is the main factor influencing the direction and rate of the energy exchange between recording beams and medium during the holographic recording in PPCs.     

体全息成像系统中非周期体光栅的深度选择性研究

由一束球面波和一束平面波或者两束球面波干涉所形成的体全息光栅,由于其光栅矢量在全息图体积内是随位置的变化而变化的,所以被称为非周期型的体光栅。主要研究了用于体全息三维成像系统的非周期体光栅的深度选择特性。根据叠加的原理,将非周期体光栅看作多个固定周期的基元体光栅的叠加,结合耦合波理论分析非周期体光栅的衍射特性。采用这一方法,利用Matlab软件模拟,研究了两束记录光夹角对所记录的非周期体光栅深度选择性的影响和在两束记录光夹角相同时,球面参考光体全息成像系统及平面参考光体全息成像系统深度选择性的差别,最后在光折变晶体材料中进行非周期型和周期型体光栅的记录和再现,对模拟结果进行了实验验证。     

利用傅里叶模方法分析厚层光刻胶内衍射光场

建立了描述厚层光刻胶内衍射光场形成过程的物理模型,并利用傅里叶模方法模拟计算和分析了其内部衍射光场分布。该方法考虑了其界面反射、透射及光刻胶复折射率在空间上的缓慢变化对衍射光场的影响,采用该方法模拟光刻胶内衍射光场具有数值计算结果准确、计算速度快的优点。对厚层光刻胶折射率在几种特殊分布情况下衍射光场分布的数值模拟表明,衍射光场与其复折射率的空间分布有关。由于厚层光刻胶折射率在空间上呈缓慢变化的特点,为降低其数值计算量和编程难度,可以将厚层光刻胶近似为折射率随曝光时间变化的光栅。     

Holographic grating recorded by He–Ne laser operating at 632.8 nm in polymer film containing push–pull azo dye

Holographic gratings were optically recorded by two beams from a He–Ne laser operating at 632.8 nm in poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) film containing push–pull azo dye. The holographic characteristics of the recorded gratings were dependent on the polarization direction of the recording beams and the relationship between the diffractive signals and the power density of recording beams was investigated. The formation of holographic gratings accompanied by 532 nm (double-frequency of Nd:YAG laser) irradiation was studied in detail. It was found that the effect of 532 nm laser to the holographic grating lay in two aspects. The acceleration effect of 532 nm laser to the formation of holographic grating is predominant when the power density of 532 nm laser is low. While at relatively high power density of 532 nm laser, the erasure is the main factor to the holographic grating. Moreover, the holographic grating was probed by 532 nm laser at low power density and the dependence of the first order diffractive signal on the recording beam power density was also presented.     

Impact of the sublinear photoconductivity law on the interpretation of holographic results in BaTiO3

Thick holographic refractive index gratings are written in nominally pure and in iron doped BaTiO₃ crystals. The phase shift between refractive index grating and light pattern is studied as a function of an externally applied electric field by a direct phase shift measuring technique. The choice of the method is suggested by a theoretical analysis which allows for the effect of a nonlinear relation between photoconductivity and light intensity on the holographic writing process.     

导致光聚物全息存储布喇格偏移因素的研究

研究了光聚物高密度全息存储材料在全息记录过程中曝光量、曝光时间、厚度收缩比例、折射率调制度及记录角度等因素对布喇格偏移的影响规律,结果表明:曝光量一定时,布喇格偏移与曝光时间的关系不大,当曝光量不一定时布喇格偏移随曝光时间增加缓慢增加最后达到饱和;而布喇格偏移随厚度收缩比例和折射率调制度的增加以接近正比例的关系增加;记录光栅的倾斜度越大则布喇格偏移也越大.这些结论对光聚物高密度全息存储研究具有重要的意义.     

90°全息记录衍射效率分析与提高

对光折变全息记录特别是双中心全息记录中90°记录结构下较低的衍射效率进行了研究,采用局域衍射理论对90°记录结构的衍射进行了分析,表明在同样的折射率变化和2 mm的光束宽度的情况下,只有当折射率光栅振幅大于10^-4时,90°记录结构衍射效率才能够与小角度透射记录结构的衍射效率大致相当。针对环境干扰导致的干涉条纹振动影响光栅记录,提出了有效调制度概念,根据分析90°记录结构的干涉条纹间距很小,容易受外界环境干扰而导致低的折射率变化率,因此应采用主动条纹锁定系统。此外在双中心全息记录中,微观光学参量的优化对衍射效率影响也很重要。     

Holographic volume gratings in a glass-like polymer material

We demonstrate a possibility to write efficient and thermally stable volume holographic gratings in a glassy polymer material based on PMMA and phenanthrenequinone with layers prepared, by casting the liquid solution of ingredients on a substrate and drying to a solid state. A high concentration of phenanthrenequinone (up to 4 mol. %) makes it possible to use photosensitive layers of lower thicknesses (50–180 μm) for the recording of efficient holographic gratings. The exposing is followed by a thermal amplification of the grating due to diffusion of residual phenanthrenequinone molecules and fixation by an incoherent optical illumination. We present experimental temporal curves of the refractive index modulation and diffraction efficiency both under the exposure and the heating process. The behavior of the gratings under temperatures up to 140 °C has been studied. PACS 42.40.Eq; 42.70.Jk; 42.70.Ln     

Investigation on the phase shifts of extinction and phase gratings in polymethyl methacrylate

The phase shifts of the extinction and refractive index gratings to the illumination pattern are revealed in doped polymethyl methacrylate （PMMA）. The dynamic process of these shifts is studied via two-wave coupling at 351 nm. It is shown that these shifts are from the strain and the shrinkage inside the sample and accompanied with the photo-repolymerization process during the building process of the holographic grating. Such shifts will cause obvious energy exchange between the two recording beams and enough attention should be paid to the nonlocal property of the holographic gratings of the material in the application.     

Electric field assisted holographic recording of surface relief gratings in an azo-glass

The formation of holographic gratings in an azo-glass is investigated for the simple case of an intensity grating in the s-polarization of the recording beams. A dual grating is formed as a function of time with a refractive index grating and a relief grating. The diffraction efficiency as a function of recording time is discussed in a model of two consecutive processes with a phase shift. A material transport process is involved in the formation of relief patterns. An additional electrical corona field perpendicular to the sample leads to a magnification of the relief pattern. This process also works in case of a homogeneous exposure. PACS 78.66.Qn; 42.40.Eq; 42.70     

Transmissive quasi-optical Ronchi phase grating for terahertz frequencies

A transmissive, square-wave Ronchi phase grating has been fabricated from the dielectric polytetrafluoroethylene to diffract an ~0.7 THz beam quasi-optically. When illuminated by a coherent, cw terahertz (THz) source, the spot separation of the ±1 diffractive orders and the diffraction efficiency were measured as a function of THz frequency and rotation angle. The grating performance depends sensitively on the refractive index, whose value can be measured with an accuracy limited by the fabrication precision. The use of these gratings for polarization-insensitive quasi-optical imaging and phased arrays is discussed.     

Formation of Holographic Transmission Diffraction Gratings in Absorbing Photopolymer Media

The formation of holographic transmission gratings in absorbent photopolymer materials (PPM) is studied theoretically. Analytical model describing a spatiotemporal transformation of holographic grating field during record is developed with allowance for optical absorption and diffusion processes. It is demonstrated that optical attenuation during record causes the spatial inhomogeneity of refractive index grating profile and of the its growth kinetics. A degree of influence of optical attenuation on the integral diffraction characteristics is evaluated based on numerical simulation. The kinetics of record of high-efficient transmission holograms in PPM is experimentally investigated. Based on a comparison of theoretical and experimental time dependences of diffraction efficiency, physical parameters of the examined PPM are determined and adequacy and tendency in the development of the suggested mathematical model are evaluated.     

体积相位全息光栅的设计与制备

本文指出全息干版薄膜在曝光后处理过程中的收缩性和折射率变化对制备全息光栅的周期、倾斜度、布喇格入射角及衍射角的影响问题,并根据实验数据对光栅设计进行修正,再结合Kogelnik衍射方程及折射率调制度和曝光量的线性关系,在实验中基本上能准确设计出指定周期、倾斜度和衍射效率的全息光栅。     

全息光栅制作中的实时潜像自监测技术

介绍了一种实时监测全息光栅曝光过程的新方法。在曝光过程中,光刻胶折射率的空间分布发生微小变化,由此形成的潜像光栅同时对记录光束产生衍射(自衍射),探测一个非零级次的衍射强度的变化就可对曝光过程实时监测。实验证明,这种技术能灵敏、客观地探测出样片之间由于个性差异所导致的最佳曝光量的漂移,制作者可以借此对曝光时间做实时补偿。发现自监测曲线之线性区的末端存在着一个明显的最佳曝光参考点,紧接其后是一个最佳曝光可选择区。采用了一个曝光模型,其模拟结果和实验中得到的自监测曲线能很好地吻合。理论分析证实,根据实时监测曲线的相对幅值来优化最佳曝光量的方法是很合理的,这种实时自监测是一种非常简单、能有效控制曝光量的技术。     

Evanescent wave holographic recording in nanosize thick chalcogenide glass films

The results of holographic gratings recording in 29, 15 and 8 nm thick As₂S₃ films are presented in the paper. The method is based on the interference of surface-propagating evanescent waves, created by total internal reflection. The condition for successful recording is the penetration depth of these inhomogeneous waves to be greater than the films thickness. In this case, the film’s refractive index does not affect the total internal reflection (TIR) condition and could be greater than the input glass prism. The experimentally obtained low diffraction efficiencies by this holographic recording technique is due to the very low refractive index modulation, but the good signal-to-noise ratio - better than 50:1 and Bragg-type diffraction are a base for future applications of this grating formation method in nanotechnology.     

Formation of holographic diffraction gratings in photoresist

The exposure-development process for the fabrication of holographic diffraction gratings for integrated optics in the positive photoresist Shipley AZ-1350 is theoretically and experimentally investigated. An analysis of the light intensity distribution is carried out, taking into account the reflectivity at the photoresist-substrate interface and the attenuation in the photoresist for two holographic exposure arrangements. The influence of the exposure energy, the development time for a fixed concentration of the developer and the initial photoresist thickness are described. Various grating profiles are calculated for photoresist films, coated on matched and reflective substrates. Scanning electron micrographs demonstrate very good agreement between the actual and calculated gratings profiles.     

使用辅助光栅的平面变间距全息光栅加工理论研究

变间距全息光栅具有自聚焦和消像差功能,是高分辨率光谱仪与同步辐射单色器中的重要元件。研究了使用平面等间距光栅产生非球面波,记录平面变间距全息光栅的方法。根据几何光学的光线追迹理论,推导了光栅参量的四阶解析表达式。并基于费马原理,提出了记录光路的光线追迹数值算法。应用所推导的光栅参量四阶表达式,仿真设计了变间距全息光栅。通过合理选择记录参量,可以避免光栅基底受到零级及高阶衍射光场的影响。设计结果表明,理论光栅线密度与要求值相当符合;经光线追迹数值算法验证,解析表达式的展开误差在整个记录区域内小于1.5线;考虑到实际加工工艺允许误差,使用辅助光栅的记录光路对记录参量的误差并不敏感;设计实例证明了解析表达式的有效性,以及使用辅助光栅的记录光路的优越性。