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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 1431-1438Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cm9908062
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Efficient materials for recording volume holograms are described that could potentially find application in archival data storage. These materials are prepared by mixing photopolymerizable vinyl monomers with a liquid epoxy resin and an amine hardener. A solid matrix is formed in situ as the epoxy cures at room temperature. The unreacted vinyl monomers are subsequently photopolymerized during hologram recording. A key feature of these materials is the separation of the epoxy and vinyl polymerizations. This separation allows for a large index contrast to be developed in holograms when components are optimized. The standard material described in this work consists of a low index matrix (n congruent to 1.46), comprised of diethylenetriamine and 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether, and a high index photopolymer mixture (n congruent to 1.60) of N-vinylcarbazole and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone. This material is functional in thick formats (several millimeters), which enables narrow angular bandwidth and high diffraction efficiency. A dynamic range (M/#) up to 13 has been measured in these materials. Holographic performance is highly dependent on the amount of amine hardener used, as well as on photopolymer shrinkage.
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