UHU® adhesive holograms replication

It is possible to apply a new recording material with high diffraction efficiency (of the order of 82.3%) to replicate computer phase or analogical holograms. This material is the all purpose adhesive UHU®. It is constituted by some components of polyvinyl, nitrates and some solvent agents; it is easily applied to any substrate. We record this material with heat generation by hand rubbing, using a mask (Kodalith® films) manufactured with lithographic techniques. The holographic replication is excellent on the new material UHU® adhesive, showing a phase modulation for refraction index and relief. This modulation is determined by the cured polymers process induced by friction, as pressure and temperature, with an anaerobic reaction.For copy of conventional holograms at high frequencies (holographic ranges), the diffraction efficiency parameter is in the neighborhood of 19.1% at first order or more, depending on diffraction efficiency of the pattern of the hologram. The hologram is elaborated in the absence of any development process and does not need to have carefully controlled conditions of the environment. Following this process, the hologram is obtained at standard atmospheric conditions of pressure and temperature.