Effects of developing agents and activator on the diffraction efficiencies in a reversal bleached transmission hologram derived from Slavich PFG-01

The effects of developing agents and activators in the reversal bleach upon the diffraction efficiencies of a Slavich PFG-01 plate to be used for recording transmission holograms were studied. The plates were developed using four different developers: MSC, AAC, PSC, and HSC. The four developers were derived from different developing agents of metol, l-ascorbic acid, phenidone, and hydroquinone, respectively. Sodium carbonate was added to the developer as an activator that accelerates the development by keeping the developer alkaline. A maximum diffraction efficiency of 89.0% was obtained when the AAC developer was used.