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Article

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Disciplines

1.3 PHYSICAL SCIENCES, Optics

Publication Details

Journal of the Optical Society of America

Abstract

The suitability of holographic structures fabricated in zeolite nanoparticle-polymer composite materials for gas sensing applications has been investigated. Theoretical modelling of the sensor response (i.e. change in hologram readout due to a change in refractive index modulation or thickness as a result of gas adsorption) of different sensor designs was carried out using Raman-Nath theory and Kogelnik’s Coupled Wave Theory. The influence of a range of parameters on the sensitivity of holographically-recorded surface and volume photonic structures has been studied, namely hologram geometry, hologram thickness and spatial frequency, reconstruction wavelength, and zeolite nanoparticle refractive index. From this, the optimum fabrication conditions for both surface and volume holographic gas sensor designs have been identified. Here in part 2, results from modelling of the influence of design on the sensor response of holographically-recorded volume grating structures for gas sensing applications are reported.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.35.000012

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Technological University Dublin

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