title: Silicon oxide nanoparticles doped PQ-PMMA for volume holographic imaging filters.
abstract: Holographic imaging filters are required to have high Bragg selectivity, namely, narrow angular and spectral bandwidth, to obtain spatial-spectral information within a three-dimensional object. In this Letter, we present the design of holographic imaging filters formed using silicon oxide nanoparticles (nano-SiO(2)) in phenanthrenquinone-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PQ-PMMA) polymer recording material. This combination offers greater Bragg selectivity and increases the diffraction efficiency of holographic filters. The holographic filters with optimized ratio of nano-SiO(2) in PQ-PMMA can significantly improve the performance of Bragg selectivity and diffraction efficiency by 53% and 16%, respectively. We present experimental results and data analysis demonstrating this technique in use for holographic spatial-spectral imaging filters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. yuan_luo@mit.edu
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Raymond K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kostuk
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barbastathis
mesh_terms: D032083:Citrus paradisi / Q000166:cytology; D006696:Holography / Q000379:methods*; D057054:Molecular Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D019441:Plant Epidermis / Q000166:cytology; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010616:Phenanthrenes; D011108:Polymers; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate
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