Guo, J., Gleeson, M. R. and Sheridan, J. T. (2011) Non-local spatial frequency response of photopolymer materials containing chain transfer agents: II. Experimental results. Journal of Optics, 13. ISSN 2040-8978
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Abstract
In part I of this paper the non-local photo-polymerization driven diffusion model was extended
to include the kinetics of chain transfer and re-initiation, in order to analyse the effects of chain
transfer agents on the system kinetics and to study their use in reducing the average polymer
chain length in free-radical based photopolymer materials. Based on these results, it is proposed
that one possible way to improve the material response at high spatial frequency is the addition
of chain transfer agents. In this paper, the validity of the proposed model is examined by
applying it to fit experimental data for an acrylamide/polyvinyl alcohol (AA/PVA) layer
containing two different types of chain transfer agent (CTA): sodium formate (HCOONa) and
1-mercapto-2-propanol (CH3CH(OH)CH2SH). The effects on decreasing the average polymer
chain length formed, by the addition of chain transfer agent, which in turn reduces the non-local
response of the material, are demonstrated. These reductions are shown to be accompanied by
improved high spatial frequency response. Key material parameters are extracted by
numerically fitting experimentally measured refractive index modulation growth curves using
the model. Further independent experimental confirmation of the reduction in the average
polymer molecular weight is provided using a diffusion based holographic technique.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | holographic data storage; photopolymer material; chain transfer agent; spatial frequency response; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics Faculty of Science and Engineering > Chemistry Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science |
Item ID: | 3587 |
Identification Number: | 095602 |
Depositing User: | Michael Gleeson |
Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2012 11:45 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Optics |
Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Funders: | Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology |
URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/3587 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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