Silica-nanoparticle-dispersed methacrylate photopolymers with net diffraction efficiency near 100%

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2125-2129

  Suzuki, Naoaki ^a   Tomita, Yasuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAMS; LIGHT MODULATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL RECORDING; POLYMERIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SHRINKAGE; SILICA;

GRATING BUILDUP DYNAMICS; METHACRYLATE PHOTOPOLYMERS; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING;

HOLOGRAPHY;

EID: 1942519225     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.002125     Document Type: Article

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