Holographic Lenses in an Environment-Friendly Photopolymer

In this paper, we theoretically and experimentally evaluated the quality of volume phase transmission lenses stored in an environmentally friendly photopolymer. Holographic lenses (HLs) were obtained using symmetrical and asymmetrical experimental setups with the same positive and negative focal len...

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Main Authors: Tomás Lloret, Víctor Navarro-Fuster, Manuel G. Ramírez, Manuel Ortuño, Cristian Neipp, Augusto Beléndez, Inmaculada Pascual
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/10/3/302
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Summary:In this paper, we theoretically and experimentally evaluated the quality of volume phase transmission lenses stored in an environmentally friendly photopolymer. Holographic lenses (HLs) were obtained using symmetrical and asymmetrical experimental setups with the same positive and negative focal length and pupil diameter. The image quality was evaluated from the calculation of the modulation transfer function (MTF) by capturing the point spread function (PSF) with a charge-coupled device (CCD). A maximum frequency of 14 L/mm, reaching an MTF value of 0.1, was obtained for a negative asymmetrically recorded HL, evaluated at 473 nm wavelength. A theoretical study of aberrations was carried out to qualitatively evaluate the experimental results obtained.
ISSN:2073-4360