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We demonstrate a possibility to write efficient and thermally stable volume holographic gratings in a glassy polymer material based on PMMA and phenanthrenequinone with layers prepared, by casting the liquid solution of ingredients on a substrate and drying to a solid state. A high concentration of phenanthrenequinone (up to 4 mol. %) makes it possible to use photosensitive layers of lower thicknesses (50–180 μm) for the recording of efficient holographic gratings. The exposing is followed by a thermal amplification of the grating due to diffusion of residual phenanthrenequinone molecules and fixation by an incoherent optical illumination. We present experimental temporal curves of the refractive index modulation and diffraction efficiency both under the exposure and the heating process. The behavior of the gratings under temperatures up to 140 °C has been studied.
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42.40.Eq; 42.70.Jk; 42.70.Ln
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Mahilny, U., Marmysh, D., Stankevich, A. et al. Holographic volume gratings in a glass-like polymer material. Appl. Phys. B 82, 299–302 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-2006-z
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