Holographic formation of dynamic transmission diffraction gratings in a photopolymer material in the process of two-beam interaction at low contrasts

In the present study, the process of formation of holographic transmission diffraction gratings in photopolymer media is investigated at low contrasts with allowance for self-diffraction of recording waves. A theoretical model for the first spatial harmonics of the refractive index grating is constructed based on a solution of the coupled kinetic photopolymerization and diffraction equations. The temporal dynamics of amplitude and phase spatial profiles of harmonics, diffraction efficiency, and angular selectivity of recorded gratings is theoretically investigated. The calculated and experimental data are compared. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 35–42, November, 2006.     

Nonlinear Model of Record and Readout of Holographic Transmission Diffraction Gratings in Absorbent Photopolymers. Part I. Theoretical Analysis

In the present study, record and readout of holographic transmission diffraction gratings in photopolymer media are investigated with allowance for an arbitrary degree of nonlinearity of photopolymerization, contrast of interference patterns, and absorption and arbitrary relative contributions of polymerization and diffusion recording mechanisms. A theoretical model of (N + 1) 3-D harmonics of the refractive index grating, based on a solution of the coupled kinetic photopolymerization equations, allows the time dynamics of harmonic amplitudes, 3-D refractive index profile, diffraction efficiency, and angular selectivity of the recorded gratings to be investigated. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 56–63, May, 2005.     

Dynamic analysis of holographic gratings in amulti-wavelength visible light sensitive photopolymer

A dynamic theoretical model of photochemistry and hologram formation in holographic photopolymer is established, and the dynamic development process of holographic gratings in the photopolymer is discussed with the model. A novel multi-wavelength visible light sensitive photopolymer for holographic storage is prepared. The influence of exposure wavelength on holographic storage characteristics is analysed. By fitting the experimental data of transmittance and diffraction efficiency to a function of time with different exposure intensities and wavelengths, the variations of dynamic parameters of photochemistry and photopolymerization diffusion are presented.     

Reflection mode holographic recording in methylene blue-sensitized polyvinyl alcohol acrylamide films

Photopolymer systems can produce good image quality holograms that does not require any post-processing and are environmentally stable with good diffraction efficiency. The present work reports the development of a methylene blue-sensitized polyvinyl alcohol acrylamide (MBPVA/AA) photopolymer system for recording white light reflection holograms. Reflection gratings were recorded in the photopolymer films with different concentrations of methylene blue (MB). Various parameters affecting the holographic properties of the samples were also studied. The holographic performance of the material is found to depend on its chemical composition and the recording parameters.     

Effect of the incorporation of N,N′-methylene-bis-acrylamide on the multiplexing of holograms in a hydrophilic acrylamide photopolymer

The behaviour of a hydrophilic acrylamide photopolymer, with and without crosslinker (N,N′-methylene-bis-acrylamide), in solid layers 700 μm thick is analyzed. Slanted diffraction gratings are multiplexed at constant and variable exposure. Variable exposure time scheduling, with increased exposure time by steps is used in order to determine the effect on the dynamic range and the homogenization of diffraction efficiency values. This scheduling results in a greater dynamic range compared with constant time multiplexing. For crosslinked photopolymer, those exposure times are excessive (higher energetic sensitivity) and there is overlapping of the individual angular response curves for each stored diffraction grating.     

Hologram multiplexing in acrylamide hydrophilic photopolymers

Unslanted diffraction gratings are recorded in a 900 μm thick acrylamide photopolymer by means of peristrophic multiplexing. A solid state Nd:YAG (λ = 532 nm) laser is used as the recording beam, with a total incident intensity of 5 mW/cm², and a He-Ne laser as the reconstruction beam. The dye concentration in the photopolymer is optimized so that it does not limit the dynamic range. Nine holograms are recorded using constant exposure time scheduling and variable exposure time scheduling. From the results obtained it may be deduced that optimization of the dye allows us to work in the linear response region of the photopolymer and at the same time obtain high values of diffraction efficiency for each hologram. An exponential increase in exposure time as the number of holograms increases enables the values of diffraction efficiency to be homogenized with regard to the case of constant exposure scheduling. In this way, better use is made of the dynamic range of acrylamide hydrophilic photopolymer.     

Two-dimensional non-spatial filtering based on holographic Bragg gratings

The filter made up of two gratings performs as a two-dimensional non-spatial filtering. This paper reports that the volume Bragg gratings are fabricated by interfering two collimated coherent laser beams in photopolymer. Diffraction efficiency of a single grating is up to 78% in Bragg's condition, then a two-dimensional non-spatial filter, which consists of two volume Bragg gratings and a half-wave plate, enables the laser beam filtered in two dimensions with the diffraction efficiency of 54%. The Bragg's condition and effect of polarisation on performances of the two-dimension filter are also discussed.     

Holographic determination of the irradiance dependence of linear-chain polymerization rates in photopolymer dry films

A method for the holographic determination of the chemical kinetic order of irradiance in linear-chain polymerization rates using phase gratings recorded over dry photopolymer films is derived. This method, based in the initial slope of the recorded diffraction efficiency, does not depend on any model of the grating growth, and it allows to collect information on the kinetic mechanisms involved in the polymerization. An acrylamide-based linear-chain photopolymer is analysed. Received: 2 August 1999 / Published online: 8 March 2000     

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.     

Nonlinear Model of Record and Readout of Holographic Transmission Diffraction Gratings in Absorbent Photopolymers. II. Numerical Modeling and Experiment

The temporal dynamics of harmonic amplitudes and refractive index grating profiles is modeled numerically for the theoretical model of the (N+1)th spatial harmonic of the refractive index grating constructed on the basis of the solution of coupled kinetic photopolymerization equations derived in [1] with allowance for the absorption for N = 2. Solutions of the self-consistent diffraction problem [1] are used to analyze numerically the diffraction efficiency and angular selectivity of recorded gratings. Model parameters of the experimentally investigated photopolymer material are estimated by means of a comparison of the experimental data on the diffraction kinetics and angular selectivity with the results of model calculations presented in [1]. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 85–92, July, 2005.     

Temperature stability and radiation resistance of holographic gratings on photopolymer materials

Data are presented from studies of the temperature dependence of the diffraction efficiency and radiation resistance of volume phase hologram/transmission gratings. The reversible diffraction efficiencies are described by the phase equilibrium diagram for the polymer-diffusate system. The radiation resistance of these hologram/gratings is determined by the thresholds for photothermolytic decay of the diffusate, bromonaphthalene, that was used. Composites containing diffusates with high thresholds for photolysis and thermolysis are studied. As a result, modified versions of the photopolymer recording medium with radiation resistances exceeding 200 MW/cm² are proposed. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 105–110 (June 1998)     

一种核黄素敏化的宽带全息记录材料

制备了一种核黄素敏化的以聚乙烯醇为基质的新型全息存储材料,并研究了材料的全息特性.用Ar+激光器激发的488 nm的蓝光对材料曝光,结果表明该材料具有较高的衍射效率和曝光灵敏度,衍射效率高达53%,灵敏度为3.3 cm2/J,折射率调制度为4.5×10－4.研究了材料的透过率与随时间和入射角度变化的关系,说明在曝光记录过程中有噪音光栅生成.在存储介质膜中存储了全息图像,再现图像较为清晰,说明该材料适合用作高密度全息存储介质.     

Effect of polarization on efficiency of volume Bragg grating filter

<正>Diffraction efficiency of volume Bragg grating,whose period is in the same order as the incident wavelength, is related to the polarization direction of the incident linear polarized beam.When two linearly polarized recording beams with the same polarization direction are used for recording volume Bragg gratings in a photopolymer with diffusion amplification,the azimuth of polarization of the reconstruction beam influences the diffraction efficiency of the grating.When the probe beam is linearly polarized and oriented orthogonally to the grating vectors,the±1-order diffraction beams are also linearly polarized with polarization direction parallel to that of the probe beam.According to the results,a two-dimensional nonspatial optical filter consisting of the volume Bragg gratings would achieve significantly higher efficiency.     

光聚合物中全息光栅的温度依赖性研究

在Polyacrylic Acid(PPA)光聚合物中用双光束相干的方法成功地写入了全息光栅,用He-Ne 激光器作为探测光对光栅的写入过程进行了实时监测.分两种情况重点研究了温度对光栅成栅过程的影响,一是在不同的温度下写入光栅;二是在室温下写入光栅,待光栅强度达到最高时再改变温度来研究温度对光栅的影响.实验中温度的变化范围为25 ℃~100℃.     

基于PVA／AA光致聚合物的衍射光锥产生机理及其抑制

研究了以He—Ne激光器作为记录光源,以He-Ne、Nd：YAG和He-Cd激光器作为读出光源的亚甲基蓝敏化的PVA／AA体系光致聚合物的全息衍射光锥现象。衍射光锥现象的产生是由于入射光透过全息记录材料内部的不均匀结构或缺陷所产生的噪音光栅所致。运用Ewald球对此现象产生的机理进行了解释,利用全息光散射理论结合三角学...     

Experimental study of multiplexed holographic gratings recorded in a photopolymerizable silica glass

Recently the capability of photopolymerizable sol–gel materials to angular multiplex holographic gratings has been demonstrated [1, 2]. In this study, holographic transmission gratings were recorded using angular multiplexing in a silica glass doped photopolymer holographic recording material. The time interval between exposures and the angular selectivity were analyzed, in particular their effects on the dynamic range. By using the optimal parameters gratings of similar response were achieved with values of M/#=4.8, as well as good values of diffraction efficiency with high photosensitivity. PACS 42.40.Pa; 42.70.Ln     

Dark diffusional enhancement of holographic multiplexed gratings in phenanthrenequinone doped poly（methyl methacrylate） photopolymer

In this paper, we experimentally investigate the dark diffusional enhancement of the optimized multiplexed grating in the phenanthrenequinone doped poly (methyl methacrylate) (PQ-PMMA) photopolymer. The possibility of improving the holographic characteristics of the material through the dark enhancement is demonstrated. The optimal preillumination exposure and the optimal time interval between exposures are extracted to obtain the optimized diffraction efficiency, and their values are 3.4×10³ mJ/cm² and 2 min, respectively. The dark enhancement of the multiplexed grating is presented as an effective method to improve the response region and the dynamic range and to prevent saturation of the material. The dependence of the phenanthrenequinone concentration on the increment of the refractive index modulation is quantitatively studied, which provides a significant basis for improving the homogeneity in the multiplexed gratings using a quantitative strategy. Finally, a simple experimental procedure using the dark enhancement is introduced to improve the homogeneity of the diffraction efficiency and to avoid the complex schedule exposure.     

Electro-optical switching of liquid crystal diffraction gratings by using surface relief effect in the photopolymer

Surface relief patterns are one of the promising possibilities for the fabrication of liquid crystal (LC) electro-optical devices. Optically recorded surface relief gratings in an acrylamide based photopolymer were filled with the liquid crystal to fabricate liquid crystal diffraction gratings. E49 liquid crystals were used in this work. The switching behaviour of the diffraction grating was investigated by measuring the intensity in the first order when an electric field was applied.     

Dynamics of pulsed recording of holographic diffraction gratings in photopolymer materials

The dynamics of recording holographic diffraction gratings in photopolymer material using 10-ns pulses of Nd:YAG laser radiation (532 nm) was investigated. The formation of permanent and intermediate gratings was observed. Optimization of the photopolymer composition for pulsed recording was performed. The kinetic photopolymerization models taking into account the mechanisms of radical destruction due to recombination and by impurities are verified. Measurement of the recording kinetics at different recording angles showed that diffusion does not affect the hologram formation for times of the same order of magnitude as the recording duration (0.1 s) at a length of the grating half-period. Samples of the photopolymer composition in triethanolamine were investigated and diffusion of oligomeric acrylamide molecules was revealed. The diffusivity was found to be 1.1 × 10^?9 cm²/s.     

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。