학술논문

Modeling Diffractive Lenses Recording in Environmentally Friendly Photopolymer
Document Type
article
Source
Polymers, Vol 9, Iss 7, p 278 (2017)
Subject
diffractive optics
optical recording materials
photopolymers
diffusion model
spatial light modulation
Organic chemistry
QD241-441
Language
English
ISSN
2073-4360
Abstract
The improvements made in diffusion models simulating phase image recording in photopolymers enable the optimization of a wide range of complex diffractive optical elements (DOEs), while the miniaturization of spatial light modulators makes it possible to generate both symmetric and non-symmetric DOEs. In addition, there is increasing interest in the design of new friendly recording materials. In this respect, photopolymers are a promising material due to their optical properties. In this paper, we show a procedure to record diffractive spherical lenses using a nontoxic optimized photopolymer. To achieve this goal, we followed three steps: first, the chemical optimization for DOE recording; second, the recording material characterization to be simulated by a three-dimensional diffusion model; and third, the evaluation of the coverplating for the conservation of the DOE.