Self-enhancement of holographic gratings in dichromated gelatin and polyvinyl alcohol films

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 6623-6626

  Grzymala, Roma ^a   Keinonen, Tuula ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FILMS; HOLOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

DARK REACTION; DICHROMATED GELATIN; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0032184641     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006623     Document Type: Article

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