Holographic Recording in Corona Charged Acrylamide-based MFI-Zeolite Photopolymer

Temenujka Yovcheva, University of Plovdiv “Paissi Hilendarski”, Bulgaria
Izabela Naydenova, Dublin Institute of Technology
Simeon Sainov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Vincent Toal, Centre for Industrial and Engineering Optics, Dublin Institute of Technology
Svetlana Mintova, Laboratoire Catalyse & Spectrochimie (LCS), ENSICAEN - Université de Caen

International Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics (IJNOP) Volume No.20, Issue No. 3

DOI : 10.1142/S0218863511006091

Abstract

The influence of corona charging on holographic recording in acrylamide-based photopolymer nanocomposite containing MFI zeolite nanoparticles has been studied. The holographic recording was carried out in two different geometries —transmission grating recording and total internal reflection grating recording. During the recording process, the layers were charged in a corona field. It was observed that independently of the corona polarity, in the case of transmission geometry of recording, the corona charging led to a decrease in the diffraction efficiency (DE) of the grating. In the case of the total internal reflection grating, the DE increased in the corona field presence.