Improvement of volume holographic performance by plasmon-induced holographic absorption grating

Abstract

We report on the enhanced holographic performance by employing a strong volume holographic absorption grating induced by localized surface plasmon resonance effect in a bulk gold nanoparticles doped photopolymer. The contributions of plasmon-induced volume holographic absorption grating is characterized through the Kogelnik's coupled wave model and demonstrated experimentally by using two-beam interference technology. At the 0.05 vol. % concentration of the gold nanoparticles in the bulk photopolymer, 101.8% increase in the diffraction efficiency and more than four times suppression of the first side lobe in angular selectivity have been achieved.

Three-dimensional display based on volume holographic kinoform in photopolymer

“…The gold nanoparticles doped photopolymer developed by our lab is used as the recording volume holographic material of the proposed system 18 . The strong absorption grating formed in the polymer lead to a significant improvement of holographic performance.…”

Progress in the Synthetic Holographic Stereogram Printing Technique

“…For instance, 13 nm silica nanoparticles were added to the methacrylate photopolymers by Suzuki et al, and a noticeable reduction of scattering loss and a high-contrast refractive-index change were achieved [59]. A gold-nanoparticle-doped photopolymer was used to suppress side lobes of angle selectivity of volume holographic gratings by Cao et al, achieving a higher diffraction efficiency [60,61].…”

Hybrid polarization-angle multiplexing for volume holography in gold nanoparticle-doped photopolymer

“…Different nanoparticles have recently been dispersed into photopolymer to improve the diffraction efficiency of photopolymer [6,7], suppress the polymerization shrinkage [8], and narrow the angle selectivity for imaging [9]. Among these polymeric nanocomposites, photopolymer doped with gold nanoparticles as an active dopant exhibits both enhanced diffraction efficiency and improved angle selectivity of holographic gratings because of the strong absorption grating induced by local surface plasmon resonance and photopolymerization-driven mutual diffusion process [10,11].In various multiplexing techniques, angle multiplexing is usually preferred for volume holographic recording system because it can be easily realized [12]. Another developed multiplexing technique utilizing the polarization state of writing beams to perform polarization multiplexing could offer another degree of freedom for volume holographic recording with Bragg-based selectivity [4,13].…”

“…Recently, a thick phenanthrenequinonedoped poly (methyl methacrylate) (PQ/PMMA) photopolymer was reported as an attractive candidate for volume polarization holographic recording [16]. In our previous work, the enhanced diffraction efficiency and suppressed side lobes of angle selectivity of volume holographic gratings were achieved theoretically and experimentally in the gold nanoparticles-doped PQ/PMMA with 1 mm thickness [11]. The maximum increase in diffraction efficiency and suppression in side lobes of angle selectivity were achieved in a 1-mm-thickness PQ/PMMA photopolymer doped with 0.05 vol.…”

“…To the best of our knowledge, it is the first demonstration for hybrid polarization-angle multiplexing with high-quality reconstruction in the nanoparticle-doped photopolymer. The angle interval for practical recording and improved photoinduced anisotropy in the AuNPs-PQ/PMMA are experimentally characterized.The AuNPs-PQ/PMMA was prepared with a doping thermo-polymerization method [11]. The gold NPs solution was dispersed uniformly into a polymer syrup consisting of MMA (Alfa Aesar), phenanthrenequinone (PQ, Alfa Aesar), and 2,2-azobis (2-methlpropionitrile) (AIBN, J&K Scientific Ltd.) with the optimized weight ratio of 98.3:0.7:1.…”