PMMA-PQ Photopolymers for Head-Up-Displays

Author

Tolstik, Elen ; Winkler, Alexander ; Matusevich, Vladislav ; Kowarschik, Richard ; Mahilny, Uladzimir V. ; Marmysh, Dzianis N. ; Matusevich, Yuri Ivanovich ; Krul, Leonid Petrovich

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Opt., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena

Volume

21

Issue

12

fYear

2009

fDate

6/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

784

Lastpage

786

Abstract

We present the experimental realization of a head-up-display based on a photopolymer. A phase volume reflection hologram is written in a photopolymer layer and is used as a screen for a signal beam. To write efficient holograms in the polymeric material we used ordinary and modified polymethylmethacrylate matrices containing phenanthrenequinone (PQ). Increasing the PQ concentration gives us an opportunity to realize thinner layers (<100 mum) saving high values of the diffraction efficiency. Decreasing the thickness of the layer allows higher observation angles of the received image and a wider spectral range of the incident light.

Keywords

head-up displays; holographic gratings; holography; light diffraction; optical polymers; PMMA-PQ photopolymer; diffraction efficiency; head-up-display; higher observation angle; holographic grating; incident light; phase volume reflection hologram; phenanthrenequinone; polymeric material; polymethylmethacrylate matrices; signal beam; wider spectral range; Gratings; holographic gratings; holographic optical components; phenanthrenequinone polymethylmethacrylate (PQ-PMMA) polymers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2009.2018133

Filename

4808154