Abstract

An investigation on the panchromaticity of a silver-doped poly(vinyl alcohol)/acrylamide photopolymer system is presented in this paper. Frequency-doubled Nd:YAG ($532\mathrm{nm}$) and ${\mathrm{Ar}}^{+}$ ($488\mathrm{nm}$) lasers were used for the characterization of the films. Previous studies using an He–Ne laser ($632.8\mathrm{nm}$) showed that plane-wave transmission grating with a high diffraction efficiency of 75% could be stored in the optimized film. From the present study, it was noted that transmission gratings with 70% diffraction efficiency could be recorded using ${\mathrm{Ar}}^{+}$ and Nd:YAG lasers, thereby elucidating the possibility of using the developed photopolymer system as a competent panchromatic recording medium.

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