Resistance of holograms made in Polaroid DMP128 photopolymer to ionizing radiation damage

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Opt. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.13.000949· OSTI ID:6748987

Golden, J P; Summers, G P; Carter, W H

Because of their light weight and general wave-front-transforming ability, holograms appear potentially useful as beam correctors and collimators for diode-laser arrays in intersatellite optical data links. However, to survive in space a hologram must withstand damage from electrons and protons trapped in the Van Allen belts. We have found that holograms made with Polaroid DMP128 photopolymer on Suprasil-2 can withstand 63-MeV protons up to a total dose of 2 Mrad in (Si) and withstand /sup 60/Co gamma rays up to a total dose of 2 Mrad in (Si) without loss of diffraction efficiency. It appears that these holograms are sufficiently radiation hard for space application.

• Research Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375
• OSTI ID: 6748987
• Journal Information: Opt. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 13:11
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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