Photopolymer recording materials: Characterisation, recording and applications

Photopolymers act as drivers and enabler of fabrication technologies for applications including holographic art, data storage, 3D hybrid optoelectronic circuitry, refractive/diffractive optical elements, and the beam self-focusing studies. The reasons for and need for the development of modeling tools is discussed. Combining the experimental characterization of such materials with these tools provides a powerful analysis technique. Previous results in the area are reviewed and recent results discussed.