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Studies Of Shrinkage In Photopolymerisable Materials For Holographic Applications, Mohesh Moothanchery
Studies Of Shrinkage In Photopolymerisable Materials For Holographic Applications, Mohesh Moothanchery
Doctoral
Holography is now firmly established as a tool for scientific and engineering studies and also as a display medium. Holographic performance mainly depends on the choice of recording wavelengths, recording material, recording conditions and experimental setup as well as environmental conditions in the laboratory. Acrylamide based photopolymer has significant advantages as a holographic recording material such as self-development, low scatter, high diffraction efficiency, ease of preparation and low cost. The main objective of this project is to determine and minimise the shrinkage of an acrylamide based photopolymer developed in the Centre for Industrial and Engineering Optics for holographic recording. This …
Holographic Liquid Crystal Devices, Kotakonda Pavani
Holographic Liquid Crystal Devices, Kotakonda Pavani
Doctoral
Liquid crystals have become natural candidates for use in electro-optic devices for their ability to change the orientation of the director with the application of an electric field, and exhibiting large range of refractive index. The aim of the work presented in this thesis is to fabricate liquid crystal optoelectronic devices such as electrically switchable liquid crystal diffraction gratings and polarization rotators by exploiting the holographic surface relief effect in photopolymer and by developing novel polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs). Alignment of liquid crystals is commercially achieved by creating grooves on a conducting layer such as polyimide or indium tin …