Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5442393 | Optical Materials | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
In the present study, dry Darol® films are thermally processed to determine the optimized conditions to achieve a large modulation of the refractive index together with good optical properties of the hologram (i.e. transparency), flatness and homogeneity. For each condition, volume phase gratings are written and characterized in terms of diffraction efficiency. A threshold temperature of 150 °C is found, and only latent holograms are obtained at lower temperature, as confirmed by thermal characterizations. Moreover, a dependence of the refractive index modulation on the line density and laser intensity is highlighted.
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Authors
Alessio Zanutta, Federico Resio, Chiara Bertarelli, Andrea Bianco,