Sensitivity variation in two-center holographic recording

An experimental study of variation of sensitivity with recording and sensitizing intensities in two-center recording is presented. The experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions. It is shown experimentally, for what is to our knowledge the first time, that the sensitivity is a function of the ratio of recording to sensitizing intensities and not the absolute intensities. Also, the ratio of recording to sensitizing intensities should be small to obtain high sensitivity values. We also report the highest sensitivity (S=0.15 cm/J) that has been achieved to date for a LiNbO3:Fe:Mn crystal.     

Study of near-infrared nonvolatile two-center holographic recording in LiNbO3:Fe:Rh crystal

The near-infrared nonvolatile holographic recording has been realized in a doubly doped LiNbO₃:Fe:Rh crystal by the traditional two-center holographic recording scheme, for the first time. The recording performance of this crystal has been investigated by recording with 633 nm red light, 752 nm red light and 799 nm near-infrared light and sensitizing with 405 nm purple light. The experimental results show that, co-doped with Fe and Rh, the near-infrared absorption and the photovoltaic coefficient of shallow trap Fe are enhanced in this LiNbO₃:Fe:Rh crystal, compared with other doubly doped LiNbO₃ crystals such as LiNbO₃:Fe:Mn. It is also found that the sensitizing light intensity affects the near-infrared recording sensitivity in a different way than two-center holographic recording with shorter wavelength, and the origin of experimental results is analyzed.     

Intensity dependence of two-center nonvolatile holographic recording in LiNbO3:Cu:Ce crystals

Nonvolatile photorefractive gratings have been recorded in LiNbO₃:Cu:Ce crystals by using a He–Ne laser (633 nm) for recording and an argon ion laser (458 nm) for sensitizing. The sensitizing light increases the recording sensitivity by a−bexp(−I_s/c) and saturation behavior will appear with high enough intensity of sensitizing light. The recording light increases the slope of η^1/2 as a function of time during the initial stages of hologram formation by sublinear I^x_r (x<1) and thus the recording light decreases the recording sensitivity. The dependence of saturation diffraction efficiency on the intensities of the recording and sensitizing light shows that there is a maximum dynamic range of the recording process.     

Sol-gel holographic recording materials

The advances in the sol-gel holographic recording materials, namely in the photopolymerizable compositions and photorefractive glasses, are reviewed. A new sol-gel holographic material is also discussed that exploits diffusion of a high-refractive-index MA:Zr complex, with the refractive index modulation of n ∼ 10⁻² and negligible scattering. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Performance improvement of a holographic double-exposure interferometer by heating of the photorefractive recording crystal

A holographic double-exposure interferometer for quasi real-time analysis is realized, utilizing a photorefractive BTO:Cd crystal for hologram recording. Heating of the crystal reduces the time required to reach the steady-state working situation. Light-induced absorption losses are reduced by heating as well. Additionally, the diffraction efficiency is increased by this method. A sixfold increase in the light intensity of the reconstructed interferogram is achieved. Received: 2 December 1998 / Revised version: 28 January 1999 / Published online: 7 April 1999     

Quasinondestructive holographic recording in photochromic LiNbO3

We have observed quasinondestructive holographic storage with a continuous-wave laser at lambda = 532 nm in near-stoichiometric LiNbO3 doped with Tb and Fe. This crystal showed an exceptionally long grating decay time and also exhibited a fast color change upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. It was demonstrated that the grating recorded from the UV-exposed, colored state can be continuously read out over 9 h at a reading intensity as high as 8 mW/cm(2). In addition, the written grating could be easily erased with UV illumination which returned the crystal back to the original colored state.     

Localized holographic recording in doubly doped lithium niobate

Persistent holograms are recorded locally with red light in a LiNbO>(3) crystal doped with Mg and Fe. Selective erasure is realized by use of a focused UV sensitizing light. We demonstrate the recording of 50 localized images as well as selective erasure in a 4 mm x 4 mm x 4 mm crystal. A comparison of the total recording time for M holograms obtained with the conventional distributed-volume recording and the localized methods is presented.     

Erasable holographic recording in photosensitive polymer optical fibers

We report what is to our best knowledge the first holographic recording in photosensitive polymer optical fibers by guided beams. The fibers are made of poly(methyl methacrylate) doped with Disperse Red 1 dye. We also demonstrate what we believe is the first recording of Fourier-transform images in these fibers.     

Infrared holographic recording in LiNbO3:Cu

Holograms may be recorded in photorefractive LiNbO₃:Cu with pulsed infrared light (wavelength =1064 nm, Q-switched Nd:YAG laser), if the crystals are previously or simultaneously illuminated with a green (=532 nm) light pulse. We study refractive index changes and time constants of as-grown and thermally treated crystals with different copper concentrations. A model explaining this effect is discussed.     

Polarized-light-controlled holographic recording in an azobenzene-doped polymer film

A new polarized-light-controlled holographic recording based on the optical enhancement/restraint of self-diffraction has been demonstrated in an azobenzene-doped polymer film. It is found that a continuous variation of the polarization status as well as of the intensity of the pumping light results in a continuous variation of self-diffraction efficiency. The mechanism originates from the photo-induced anisotropy and polarization-dependent absorption. Both positive and negative replicas of an incident image were presented in real time by means of this incoherent–coherent optical conversion technique. Received: 30 March 2000 / Revised version: 28 September 2000 / Published online: 27 April 2001     

Polarization sensibility of the photodichroic holographic recording

Volume holograms are stored in KCl:Na crystals using the photoinduced reorientation of F_A centers. The dependence of the diffraction efficiency on the directions of polarization of the recording and the reconstructing waves are shown. Experimental results are in good agreement with the calculated curves, predicted by the theory.     

感光性高分子激光全息记录材料的发展

本文对几种新型感光型高分子全息记录材料进行了综述。     

新型防潮的光致聚合物全息记录材料及其应用

本文研制出一种新型兰敏的光致聚合物全息记录材料,并提出再聚会固定全息再现峰值波长的方法.这种记录材料由增感剂,引发剂,链转移剂,单体和成膜物组成.用本材料记录的全息图衍射效率可达95%以上,且能防潮,耐高温.     

Pure two-dimensional polarization patterns for holographic recording

Two-dimensional (2D) polarization patterns are achieved by the interference of two pairs of beams with perpendicular planes of incidence and orthogonal polarizations (i.e. linear or circular). In both cases, imposing a phase shift of π/2 between consecutive beams contains the amplitude modulation of the optical field in the superposition region and, thus, pure 2D polarization patterns are created. The recording of these interference fields in a polarization-sensitive material, namely an amorphous azopolymer, creates reconfigurable 2D periodic microstructures with peculiar diffraction properties.     

全息记录新材料：重铬酸盐—三醋酸纤维素酯

本文报道一种新的全息记录材料：重铬酸盐－三醋酸纤维素酯组成的感光介质。这种全息材料具有较强的实时效应，较高的衍射效率，良好的抗潮能力和环境稳定性等特点。文中分析了这种材料的感光成象机理，通过实验研究了其全息记录特性，给出了实验结果。     

Refractive-index change and sensitivity improvement in holographic recording in LiNbO3:Ce:Cu crystals with green light

Nonvolatile holographic recording is performed with green light in LiNbO3:Ce:Cu crystals. The refractiveindex change and the recording sensitivity are times better than those obtained by recording with red light,and higher optical fixing efficiency is obtained. Correspondingly, theoretical investigations are given.     

Two-center holographic recording in highly doped LiNbO3 crystals

In this paper, we report the observation of electron tunneling during two-center recording in LiNbO₃:Fe:Mn doped with high Fe concentration. Unlike tunneling in the singly doped lithium niobate that erases the hologram, the effect in two-center recording can improve the diffraction efficiency of the hologram after the recording while it is kept in the dark. A detailed study of this effect in LiNbO₃:Fe:Mn is presented both theoretically and experimentally. We show that the hologram strength may increase or decrease due to tunneling, depending on the experimental condition of recording. PACS 42.40.-i; 42.70.Ln; 42.40.Lx     

Further reduction of recording time in stroboscopic holographic interferometry

Except for the extreme positions, a vibrating object passes twice through a position in each vibration cycle. It is suggested that this fact can be used to reduce the recording time during the pulsed illumination in stroboscopic holographic interferometry by providing two light pulses per vibration cycle for a given subject position.