title: Holographic photopolymer linear variable filter with enhanced blue reflection.
abstract: A single beam one-step holographic interferometry method was developed to fabricate porous polymer structures with controllable pore size and location to produce compact graded photonic bandgap structures for linear variable optical filters. This technology is based on holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal materials. By introducing a forced internal reflection, the optical reflection throughout the visible spectral region, from blue to red, is high and uniform. In addition, the control of the bandwidth of the reflection resonance, related to the light intensity and spatial porosity distributions, was investigated to optimize the optical performance. The development of portable and inexpensive personal health-care and environmental multispectral sensing/imaging devices will be possible using these filters.
authors: Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.
authors: Tania
authors: T
authors: Moein
authors: Dengxin
authors: D
authors: Ji
authors: Xie
authors: X
authors: Zeng
authors: Ke
authors: K
authors: Liu
authors: Qiaoqiang
authors: Q
authors: Gan
authors: Alexander N
authors: AN
authors: Cartwright
mesh_terms: D006696:Holography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008027:Light; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers