Investigation on the panchromaticity of silver-doped poly(vinyl alcohol)/acrylamide photopolymer

Appl Opt. 2011 Jun 20;50(18):2886-91. doi: 10.1364/AO.50.002886.

Abstract

An investigation on the panchromaticity of a silver-doped poly(vinyl alcohol)/acrylamide photopolymer system is presented in this paper. Frequency-doubled Nd:YAG (532 nm) and Ar⁺ (488 nm) lasers were used for the characterization of the films. Previous studies using an He-Ne laser (632.8 nm) showed that plane-wave transmission grating with a high diffraction efficiency of 75% could be stored in the optimized film. From the present study, it was noted that transmission gratings with 70% diffraction efficiency could be recorded using Ar⁺ and Nd:YAG lasers, thereby elucidating the possibility of using the developed photopolymer system as a competent panchromatic recording medium.