Hologram recording medium and optical element comprising the same
12473382 ยท 2025-11-18
Assignee
Inventors
- Hanna Lee (Daejeon, KR)
- Min Soo Kim (Daejeon, KR)
- Cheol Jun SONG (Daejeon, KR)
- Sang Pil Moon (Daejeon, KR)
- Yeonhui Yi (Daejeon, KR)
- Inkyu LEE (Daejeon, KR)
- Chulsuk HONG (Daejeon, KR)
- Hoyong Lee (Daejeon, KR)
- Soonhwa Jung (Daejeon, KR)
Cpc classification
G11B7/24044
PHYSICS
C08L33/14
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
C08F4/52
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
C08F2/44
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
International classification
G11B7/00
PHYSICS
Abstract
The present invention relates to a hologram recording medium and an optical element comprising the same. The hologram recording medium not only has excellent optical recording properties but also can exhibit transparent optical properties and excellent reliability even in high temperature and high humidity environments.
Claims
1. A hologram recording medium comprising: a photopolymer layer which includes a polymer matrix formed by crosslinking a siloxane-based polymer containing a silane functional group and a (meth)acrylic-based polyol, or a precursor thereof; a photoreactive monomer and a photoinitiator system or a photopolymer obtained therefrom; and a fluorinated compound, wherein a refractive index variation calculated by the following Equation 4 is 1.0% or less, and wherein a haze is 2% or less:
2. The hologram recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the siloxane-based polymer comprises a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a terminal end group represented by the following Chemical Formula 2: ##STR00022## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 1, a plurality of R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 are the same or different from each other, and are each independently hydrogen, halogen, or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and k is an integer of 1 to 10,000, ##STR00023## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 2, a plurality of R.sup.13 to R.sup.15 are the same or different from each other, and are each independently hydrogen, halogen, or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and at least one of R.sup.1 to R.sup.15 of at least one repeating unit selected among the repeating units represented by Chemical Formula 1 and any one terminal end group selected among the terminal end groups represented by Chemical Formula 2 is hydrogen.
3. The hologram recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the (meth)acrylic-based polyol is a polymer in which a hydroxy group is bonded to a main chain or side chain of the (meth)acrylate-based polymer.
4. The hologram recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the photoreactive monomer comprises at least one monofunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of benzyl (meth)acrylate, benzyl 2-phenylacrylate, phenoxybenzyl (meth)acrylate, phenol (ethylene oxide) (meth)acrylate, phenol (ethylene oxide).sub.2 (meth)acrylate, O-phenylphenol (ethylene oxide) (meth)acrylate, phenylthioethyl (meth)acrylate and biphenylmethyl (meth)acrylate; at least one polyfunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A (ethylene oxide).sub.210 di(meth)acrylate, bisphenol A epoxy di(meth)acrylate, bisfluorene di(meth)acrylate, modified bisphenol fluorene di(meth)acrylate, tris(2-hydroxyethyl)isocyanurate tri(meth)acrylate, phenol novolac epoxy (meth)acrylate and cresol novolac epoxy (meth)acrylate; or a mixture of two or more thereof.
5. The hologram recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the photoinitiator system comprises a photosensitizing dye and a coinitiator.
6. The hologram recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the coinitiator comprises a borate anion represented by the following Chemical Formula 3: ##STR00024## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 3, X.sup.1 to X.sup.4 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group having 7 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkylaryl group having 7 to 30 carbon atoms, or an allyl group, each of which is substituted or unsubstituted, with the proviso that at least one of X.sup.1 to X.sup.4 is not an aryl group.
7. The hologram recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the fluorinated compound comprises a fluorinated compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 4: ##STR00025## in the Chemical Formula 4, Z.sup.1 is O or NH, Z.sup.2 is a single bond, O or NH, L.sup.1 is a single bond or a divalent to hexavalent organic group in which hydroxy groups have been removed from a polyol having 2 to 6 hydroxyl groups, n and m are each independently an integer of 1 to 5, wherein the sum of n and m is 2 to 6, R.sup.1 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, and at least one of R.sup.2 to R.sup.4 is a fluorine-containing substituent, which is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms substituted with 2 or more fluorines, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms substituted with 2 or more fluorines, or an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms substituted with 2 or more fluorines, wherein, when R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are not fluorine-containing substituents, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, a heterocycloalkyl group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylalkyl group having 7 to 40 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms or an arylalkyl group having 7 to 40 carbon atoms, or a substituent in which at least one CH.sub.2 of the substituents is substituted with O, S or NH, and when R.sup.4 is not a fluorine-containing substituent, R.sup.4 is an alkyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylalkyl group having 7 to 40 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms or an arylalkyl group having 7 to 40 carbon atoms, or is a substituent in which at least one CH.sub.2 of the substituent is substituted with O, S, or NH.
8. The hologram recording medium according to claim 7, wherein L.sup.1 in the Chemical Formula 4 is a single bond; or a trivalent organic group in which hydroxy groups have been removed from a glycerol which is a triol.
9. The hologram recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the fluorine-containing substituent is a straight chain alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms substituted with 2 or more fluorines.
10. The hologram recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the fluorine-containing substituent is (CH.sub.2).sub.a(CF.sub.2).sub.bCHF.sub.2 or (CH.sub.2).sub.a(CF.sub.2).sub.bCF.sub.3, where a is an integer of 0 to 3, and b is an integer of 0 to 19.
11. The hologram recording medium according to claim 7, wherein when R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 in the Chemical Formula 4 are not fluorine-containing substituents, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently hydrogen, a straight chain alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a heterocycloalkyl group having 4 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms or (R.sup.5O).sub.pR.sup.6, where R.sup.5 is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sup.6 is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and p is an integer of 1 to 12.
12. The hologram recording medium according to claim 7, wherein when R.sup.4 in the Chemical Formula 4 is not a fluorine-containing substituent, R.sup.4 is a straight chain alkyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms or (R.sup.5O).sub.pR.sup.6, where R.sup.5 is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sup.6 is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and p is an integer of 1 to 12.
13. The hologram recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the fluorinated compound represented by the Chemical Formula 4 comprises at least one fluorinated compound selected from the group consisting of fluorinated compounds represented by the following Chemical Formulas 4-1-1 to 4-1-5 and the following Chemical Formulas 4-2-1 to 4-2-5: ##STR00026## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 4-1-1, R.sup.a1 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, R.sup.b1 and R.sup.b2 are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.c1 is CF.sub.3 or CHF.sub.2, Z.sup.a1 is O or NH, p1 and p2 are each independently an integer of 0 to 3, and q1 is an integer of 0 to 9, ##STR00027## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 4-1-2, R.sup.a2 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, R.sup.b3 and R.sup.b4 are each independently a cyclohexyl group, a tetrahydropyranyl group, or a phenyl group, R.sup.c2 is CF.sub.3 or CHF.sub.2, Z.sup.a2 is O or NH, and q2 is an integer of 0 to 9, ##STR00028## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 4-1-3, R.sup.a3 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, R.sup.b5 and R.sup.b6 are each independently CF.sub.3 or CHF.sub.2, R.sup.c3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Z.sup.a3 is O or NH, p3 and p4 are each independently an integer of 0 to 9, and q3 is an integer of 0 to 3, ##STR00029## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 4-1-4, R.sup.a4 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, R.sup.b7 is CF.sub.3 or CHF.sub.2, R.sup.c4 and R.sup.c5 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Z.sup.a4 is O or NH, p5 is an integer of 0 to 9, and q4 and q5 are each independently an integer of 0 to 3, ##STR00030## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 4-1-5, R.sup.a5 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, R.sup.b8 is CF.sub.3 or CHF.sub.2, R.sup.b9 is a cyclohexyl group, a tetrahydropyranyl group, or a phenyl group, R.sup.c6 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Z.sup.a5 is O or NH, p6 is an integer of 0 to 9, and q6 is an integer of 0 to 3, ##STR00031## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 4-2-1, R.sup.a6 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, R.sup.b10 and R.sup.b11 are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.c7 and R.sup.c8 are each independently CF.sub.3 or CHF.sub.2, Z.sup.a6 is O or NH, p7 and p8 are each independently an integer of 0 to 3, and q7 and q8 are each independently an integer of 0 to 9, ##STR00032## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 4-2-2, R.sup.a7 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, R.sup.b12 and R.sup.b13 are each independently CF.sub.3 or CHF.sub.2, R.sup.c9 and R.sup.c10 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Z.sup.a7 is O or NH, p9 and p10 are each independently an integer of 0 to 9, and q9 and q10 are each independently an integer of 0 to 3, ##STR00033## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 4-2-3, R.sup.a8 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, R.sup.b14 and R.sup.b15 are each independently a cyclohexyl group, a tetrahydropyranyl group, or a phenyl group, R.sup.c11 and R.sup.12 are each independently CF.sub.3 or CHF.sub.2, Z.sup.a8 is O or NH, and q11 and q12 are each independently an integer of 0 to 9, ##STR00034## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 4-2-4, R.sup.a9 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, R.sup.b16 is CF.sub.3 or CHF.sub.2, R.sup.b17 is a cyclohexyl group, a tetrahydropyranyl group, or a phenyl group, R.sup.c13 and R.sup.14 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Z.sup.a9 is O or NH, p11 is an integer of 0 to 9, and q13 and q14 are each independently an integer of 0 to 3, ##STR00035## wherein, in the Chemical Formula 4-2-5, R.sup.a10 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, R.sup.b18 is CF.sub.3 or CHF.sub.2, R.sup.c15 to R.sup.c17 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Z.sup.a10 is O or NH, p12 is an integer of 0 to 9, and q15 to q17 are each independently an integer of 0 to 3.
14. The hologram recording medium according to claim 1, wherein an amount of the fluorinated compound is 20 to 200 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polymer matrix.
15. The hologram recording medium according to claim 1, wherein when recording a notch filter hologram, a diffraction efficiency is at least 70%.
16. The hologram recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the photopolymer layer has a thickness of 5 to 30 m and a refractive index modulation value of 0.020 or more.
17. An optical element comprising the hologram recording medium according to claim 1.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1)
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
(2) Hereinafter, the action and effect of the invention will be described in more detail with reference to specific examples of the invention. However, these examples are presented for illustrative purposes only, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereby in any way.
(3) In the following Preparation Examples, Examples, and Comparative Examples, the content of raw materials, and the like means the content based on solid content, unless otherwise specified.
Preparation Example 1: Preparation of (Meth)Acrylic-Based Polyol
(4) 132 g of butyl acrylate, 420 g of ethyl acrylate, and 48 g of hydroxybutyl acrylate were added to a 2 L jacketed reactor, and diluted with 1200 g of ethyl acetate. The reaction temperature was set to 60-70 C., and the mixture was stirred for about 30 minutes to 1 hour. 0.42 g of n-dodecyl mercaptan (n-DDM) was further added, and stirring was further performed for about 30 minutes. Then, 0.24 g of AIBN as a polymerization initiator was added, polymerization was carried out at the reaction temperature for 4 hours or more, and kept until the residual acrylate content became less than 1%. Thereby, a (meth)acrylate-based copolymer (weight average molecular weight of about 300,000, OH equivalent of about 1802 g/equivalent) in which the hydroxy group is located in the branched chain was prepared.
Example 1: Preparation of Photopolymer Composition and Hologram Recording Medium
(5) (1) Preparation of Photopolymer Composition
(6) 1.27 g of poly(methylhydrosiloxane) (Sigma-Aldrich, number average molecular weight: about 390, SiH equivalent: about 103 g/equivalent) as a siloxane-based polymer and 11.12 g of (meth)acrylic-based polyol prepared in Preparation Example 1 were first mixed (SiH/OH molar ratio=2.0).
(7) Then, 20 g of HR 6042 (Miwon Specialty Chemical, refractive index of 1.60) as a photoreactive monomer, 0.08 g of photosensitizing dye H-Nu 640 (Spectra Group), 0.3 g of borate V as a coinitiator, 0.05 g of H-Nu 254 (Spectra), 10 g of the fluorinated compound represented by the following Chemical Formula a as a plasticizer and 26 g of methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) as a solvent were added, and the mixture was stirred with a paste mixer for about 30 minutes while blocking light. After that, a photopolymer composition was prepared by adding Karstedt (Pt-based) catalyst for matrix crosslinking.
(8) ##STR00020##
(2) Preparation of Hologram Recording Media
(9) The photopolymer composition was coated to a predetermined thickness on a 60 m thick TAC substrate using a Mayer bar, and dried at 80 C. for 10 minutes. The thickness of the photopolymer layer after drying was about 15 m.
(10) The diffraction grating was recorded using the same setup as in
Examples 2 to 11 and Comparative Examples 1 to 4: Preparation of Photopolymer Composition and Hologram Recording Medium
(11) A photopolymer composition and a hologram recording medium were prepared in the same manner as in Example 1, except that the components and contents of the photopolymer composition were different as shown in Table 1 below.
(12) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Photosensitizing dye Red Dye Green Dye Recording (H-Nu 640) (Safranin O) Plasticizer wavelength Example 1 0.08 g [Chemical 660 nm Formula a] 10 g Example 2 0.08 g [Chemical 660 nm Formula b] 10 g Example 3 0.05 g [Chemical 532 nm Formula c] 10 g Example 4 0.08 g [Chemical 660 nm Formula c] 10 g Example 5 0.08 g [Chemical 660 nm Formula d] 10 g Example 6 0.05 g [Chemical 532 nm Formula e] 10 g Example 7 0.08 g [Chemical 660 nm Formula e] 10 g Example 8 0.08 g [Chemical 660 nm Formula f] 10 g Example 9 0.08 g [Chemical 660 nm Formula g] 12 g Example 10 0.05 g [Chemical 532 nm Formula h] 12 g Example 11 0.05 g [Chemical 532 nm Formula i] 12 g Comparative 0.08 g [Chemical 660 nm Example 1 Formula j] 10 g Comparative 0.08 g [Chemical 660 nm Example 2 Formula j] 5 g Comparative 0.05 g [Chemical 532 nm Example 3 Formula j] 5 g Comparative 0.05 g [Chemical 532 nm Example 4 Formula k] 10 g
(13) ##STR00021##
Test Example: Performance Evaluation of Hologram Recording Media
(14) (1) Diffraction Efficiency
(15) Diffraction efficiency () was determined through the following Equation 1.
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(2) Refractive Index Modulation Value (n)
(17) The refractive index modulation value (n) was determined through the following Equation 2 and Bragg's equation.
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(3) Haze
(19) Haze was measured using a HAZE METER (Murakami Color Research Laboratory, HM-150) in accordance with JIS K 7136. The measurement light was incident on the substrate side surface of the hologram recording medium.
(20) (4) Peak Variation
(21) In order to evaluate the reliability of a hologram recording medium recorded with a diffraction grating in a high temperature/high humidity environment, the degree of movement of the wavelength that shows the maximum reflectance before and after exposing the sample recorded with the diffraction grating to high temperature/high humidity conditions was confirmed.
(22) First, the specific wavelength (or wavelength band) (A.sub.0) at which the sample recorded with the diffraction grating had the highest reflectance (i.e., lowest transmittance) was analyzed (analyzed at room temperature and non-high humidity conditions). UV-Vis spectroscopy was used for the analysis, and the analysis wavelength range was 300 to 1,200 nm.
(23) Subsequently, the same sample was stored at a temperature of 60 C. and a relative humidity of 90% for 72 hours, and the wavelength (or wavelength band) (A.sub.1) with the maximum reflectance (minimum transmittance) was recorded in a similar manner. The peak variation, which is the degree of movement of the wavelength with the lowest transmittance before and after evaluation, was measured according to the following Equation 3. At this time, it was assumed that sample deformation (e.g., shrinkage or expansion) did not affect the surface pitch and occurred only in the direction perpendicular to the sample surface.
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(5) Refractive Index Variation
(25) In order to evaluate the stability of the hologram recording medium in a high temperature/high humidity environment before recording the diffraction grating, the degree of refractive index change before and after exposing the sample to high temperature/high humidity conditions before recording the diffraction grating was confirmed.
(26) Specifically, the hologram recording media before recording prepared as in Examples and Comparative Examples were stored under constant temperature (20 to 25 C.) and constant humidity (relative humidity of 40 to 50%) conditions, and then bleached with white LED before recording. Samples that were not exposed to a high temperature/high humidity environment were prepared. Then, the refractive index no of the sample was measured using a prism coupler (SPA-3DR, SAIRON TECHNOLOGY).
(27) On the other hand, the hologram recording medium before recording prepared as in Examples and Comparative Examples was stored at a temperature of 60 C. and relative humidity of 90% for 72 hours, bleached with white LED, and samples exposed to a high temperature/high humidity environment before recording were prepared. Then, the refractive index n.sub.1 of the sample was measured using a prism coupler.
(28) The refractive index variation was calculated by substituting n.sub.0 and n.sub.1 into the following Equation 4.
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(30) TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Refractive Refractive Diffraction index Peak index efficiency modulation Haze variation variation (%) value (%) (%) (%) Example 1 85 0.031 0.7 1.06 0.33 Example 2 87 0.034 0.8 1.79 0.59 Example 3 85 0.033 0.7 1.06 0.20 Example 4 91 0.039 1.0 1.82 0.20 Example 5 75 0.027 0.8 1.67 0.46 Example 6 80 0.028 0.8 1.06 0.39 Example 7 80 0.030 0.8 1.06 0.39 Example 8 82 0.035 1.2 1.79 0.46 Example 9 73 0.026 0.8 1.06 0.26 Example 10 71 0.025 0.8 1.06 0.26 Example 11 75 0.030 1.8 1.48 0.43 Comparative 85 0.033 2.1 6.52 1.83 Example 1 Comparative 63 0.024 2.3 4.24 1.64 Example 2 Comparative 57 0.021 3.2 3.87 1.71 Example 3 Comparative 37 0.013 3.6 15.7 2.30 Example 4
(31) Referring to Table 2, it is confirmed that the hologram recording media prepared in Examples 1 to 11 not only exhibit excellent diffraction efficiency, refractive index modulation value, and low haze, but also exhibit excellent reliability even after exposure to a high temperature/high humidity environment before and after recording. In contrast, the hologram recording media prepared in Comparative Examples 2 to 4 were inferior in optical recording properties, haze, and reliability in high temperature/high humidity environments. And the hologram recording medium prepared in Comparative Example 1 had excellent optical recording properties, but had high haze and exhibited poor reliability in high temperature/high humidity environments before and after recording.
(32) Therefore, it is confirmed that as the holographic recording medium according to one embodiment of the invention includes a fluorinated compound having a specific structure, it has excellent optical recording properties, excellent reliability even in high temperature/high humidity environments, and exhibits high transparency.