Effect of pH on the holographic properties of Al2O3 nanoparticle dispersed acrylate photopolymer

Abstract

Several different pH of Al 2 O 3 nano-fluid were prepared using dispersant and doped into polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/acrylamide (AA) based photopolymers where the photopolymers were exposed with 647 nm Ar + Kr + laser to study its holographic properties. The research shows that the incorporation of Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles (NPs) improves the holographic characteristics of sample, where the pH has an effect to the dispersion of Al 2 O 3 NPs in the photopolymer. When the pH of Al 2 O 3 nano-fluid is about 7, the diffraction efficiency of the sample can be raised to 93.8%, the maximum refractive index modulation can be increased to 2.28×10-3, the shrinkage can be depressed to 0.8%, the Bragg mismatch is 0.04°, and the concentration of 10 nm Al 2 O 3 nano-fluid modified by high definition (HD) dispersant must be 1.02×10-3mol⋅L-1.