Published November 1988 | Version v1
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Resistance of holograms made in Polaroid DMP128 photopolymer to ionizing radiation damage

Creators

  • 1. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375

Description

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

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Optics Letters
Journal Volume
13
Journal Issue
11
Series
Opt. Lett.
Journal Page Range
949-951
ISSN
0146-9592
CODEN
OPLED

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
20015298
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RADIATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; POLYMERS; PROTONS; SATELLITES
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; CATIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HYDROGEN IONS; HYDROGEN IONS 1 PLUS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IONS; LEPTONS; NUCLEONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS