We report the results of an extended investigation performed on composite polymeric materials with the aim of obtaining compounds suitable for holographic recording. In order to investigate the material properties a characterization of holographic reflection gratings at different writing wavelength (514.5, 457 and 405 nm) has been performed. The volume grating presents high diffraction efficiency (>60%), high sensitivity (>10(3) cm J(-1)) and refractive index modulation Delta n approximate to 0.01 even for writing wavelength in the blue range. We show that following a strategy of two basic components leading to phase separation during the photopolymerization process, most of the requirements for holographic data storage are achieved. The one that needs further improvement concerns long term mechanical stability.

Nanocomposite polymeric materials for high density optical storage / Criante, Luigino; Castagna, Riccardo; Vita, Francesco; Lucchetta, Daniele Eugenio; Simoni, Francesco. - In: JOURNAL OF OPTICS. A, PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS. - ISSN 1464-4258. - STAMPA. - 11:(2009), pp. 024011-1-024011-10. [10.1088/1464-4258/11/2/024011]

Nanocomposite polymeric materials for high density optical storage

CRIANTE, Luigino;CASTAGNA, RICCARDO;VITA, Francesco;LUCCHETTA, Daniele Eugenio;SIMONI, Francesco
2009-01-01

Abstract

We report the results of an extended investigation performed on composite polymeric materials with the aim of obtaining compounds suitable for holographic recording. In order to investigate the material properties a characterization of holographic reflection gratings at different writing wavelength (514.5, 457 and 405 nm) has been performed. The volume grating presents high diffraction efficiency (>60%), high sensitivity (>10(3) cm J(-1)) and refractive index modulation Delta n approximate to 0.01 even for writing wavelength in the blue range. We show that following a strategy of two basic components leading to phase separation during the photopolymerization process, most of the requirements for holographic data storage are achieved. The one that needs further improvement concerns long term mechanical stability.
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