Research Article

Compositional Changes for Reduction of Polymerisation-Induced Shrinkage in Holographic Photopolymers

Table 1

DA and AA photopolymer solutions for shrinkage measurements.

(All in moles/L)532 nm-sensitised DA photopolymer633 nm-sensitised AA photopolymer

10% wt./vol polyvinyl alcohol1.731.53
Triethanolamine0.580.58
Diacetone acrylamide0.23
Acrylamide0.32
N, N′-Methylenebisacrylamide0.050.05
0.11% wt./vol erythrosin B dye s.s.
0.11% wt./vol methylene blue dye s.s.