Patent · US Active

Holographic recording medium with control of photopolymerization and dark reactions

US7704643B2 · kind B2 · utility

15Cited by
37References
147Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 28, 2005
Grant dateApr 27, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 19, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/146
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system, as well as articles and holographic recording medium comprising the system, where the system comprises: a polymerizable component comprising at least one photoactive polymerizable material; and a photoinitiator component comprising at least one photoinitiator for causing the polymerizable component to polymerize to thereby form a plurality of holographic gratings when activated by exposure to a photoinitiating light source; wherein when a portion of the polymerizable component has been polymerized to form at least one holographic grating, the unpolymerized portion of the polymerizable component is resistant to further polymerization when not exposed to the photoinitiating light source. The present invention also provides methods for forming at least one holographic grating in a holographic recording medium having such a photopolymerizable system.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.