PPC: self-developing photopolymers for holographic recording

The performance of the developed family of highly efficient self-processing photopolymer compositions (PPC) for holographic recording in real time and use of these materials as the recording media for some applications is investigated. We consider the mechanism of holographic recording, peculiarities of recording process in self- developing photopolymers, dependence of holographic characteristics on the thermodynamic properties of compositions. ON the basis of obtained data we offer the method of PPC modification that results in increasing of the materials light-sensitivity, the efficiency of recording and the threshold of the gratings optical damage. We also cite the instances of use of PPC for production of different holographic optical elements.