Abstract:
A hologram recording material includes a polymerizable monomer (A) that is active in radical polymerization but is substantially inactive in cationic polymerization, a polymerizable monomer (B) that is active in cationic polymerization but is substantially inactive in radical polymerization, and an initiator system (C) that polymerizes at least one of the polymerizable monomer (A) and the polymerizable monomer (B) through irradiation with light. The polymerizable monomer (A) and the polymerizable monomer (B) each have, in its structure, a moiety selected from the group consisting of aromatic rings, halogen atoms other than a fluorine atom, and sulfur atoms not derived from a cyclic sulfide or a mercapto group. A hologram recording medium includes a recording layer composed of the hologram recording material.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to novel polyurethane compositions which are advantageous for the production of holographic media, inter alia for data storage, but also for optical applications of different types.
Abstract:
A hologram-recording medium containing: a recording layer containing a polymerizable monomer containing a structural framework represented by the following general formula (1). In general formula (1), X and Y are not the same, and X and Y are selected from hydrogen, iodine, bromine, and chlorine atoms and from methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, phenyl, naphthyl, hydroxyl, methoxy, ethoxy, isopropoxy, tert-butoxy, phenoxy, naphthoxy, acetyl, carboxyl, acetoxy, thiophenyl, thionaphthyl, thiomethyl, thioethyl, thioisopropyl, thio-tert-butyl, and thiol groups; and W is selected from the group consisting of benzylvinyl, styryl, acryloyl, and methacryloyl groups.
Abstract:
A polyester block terpolymer comprising an amorphous block comprising a polystyrene dicarboxylate; a crystallizable block comprising a polyethylene glycol; and an aliphatic diol block; wherein the amorphous block is a continuous phase and the crystallizable block is a dispersed phase, and wherein the dispersed phase is less than about 200 nanometers in size.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a photopolymer formulation comprising matrix polymers, writing monomers, and photoinitiators, to the use of the photopolymer formulation for producing optical elements, in particular for producing holographic elements and images, to a method for illuminating holographic media made of the photopolymer formulation, and to special fluorourethanes.
Abstract:
Articles for recording a holographic image are described. The articles include a holographic recording medium having a plurality of surfaces, having a transparent polymeric binder and a photochemically active dye, the holographic recording medium having a holographic image recorded therein formed by exposed areas of the photochemically active dye and unexposed areas of the photochemically active dye; and a first light-blocking layer or material over a first surface of the holographic recording medium from which surface the holographic image is viewed, the light blocking layer or material absorbing light in the wavelength range to which the photochemically active dye is sensitive and allowing transmission of light in a different wavelength range for viewing the holographic image.
Abstract:
There are provided optical data storage media and methods of optical data storage using the same. The optical data storage media comprises a non-linear sensitizer capable of absorbing actinic radiation to cause upper triplet energy transfer to a reactant that undergoes change upon triplet excitation. The refractive index change (Δn) of the medium is at least about 0.005, or even at least about 0.05.
Abstract:
An information recording medium of the present invention is an information recording medium characterized by and including a substrate; and a recording unit capable of recording three-dimensionally a recording pit on the substrate; in which the recording unit has n number of recording layers (n is an integer equal to or larger than 4) and a plurality of intermediate layers laminated with the recording layers one on another; the recording is performed by the condensed recording light using a two photon absorption phenomenon; each of the plurality of intermediate layers is substantially transparent at a wavelength λ1 of the recording light and at a wavelength λ2 of the reproduction light, respectively; the light intensity of the recording light incident into the recording layer nearest to the substrate is more than 0.707 fold as much as the light intensity of the recording light incident into the recording layer farthest from the substrate. The information recording medium is an information recording medium capable of maintaining a precise and good recording accuracy at the recording layer positioned lower away from the objective lens while it secures the focus servo reflected light.
Abstract:
A photosensitive composition (I) for volume hologram recording includes a binder polymer (A), a photo-induced cationically polymerizable compound (B), a photoinitiator (C), and a sensitizing dye (D), in which the binder polymer (A) is a polymer containing naphthalene rings and having a weight-average molecular weight of 1×104 to 100×104. A method produces a photosensitive composition (II) for volume hologram recording by mixing a binder polymer (A′), a photo-induced cationically polymerizable compound (B′), a photoinitiator (C′), and a sensitizing dye (D′), in which the photo-induced cationically polymerizable compound (B′) has been subjected to a heating treatment at a temperature equal to or lower than the boiling point of the compound (B′).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a polyurethane composition comprising A) a polyisocyanate component comprising an exclusively diol-based NCO-terminated polyurethane prepolymer, wherein the NCO groups are bonded in a primary manner, B) an isocyanate-reactive polymer, C) a compound having groups which react by polymerizing with an ethylenically unsaturated compound under the action of actinic radiation (radiation-curing groups) wherein the compound is free of NCO groups, D) a free-radical stabilizer, E) a photo initiator, F) optionally a catalyst, G) optionally assistants and additives.