Strain effects on multiplexing selectivity of elastomer phase masks for volume holography

Abstract

Strain versus selectivity behavior of a random phase elastomer phase mask is studied. Using the random phase elastomer phase mask, a minimum elongation of 0.072 mm is needed so that the reconstruction disappears and a new image can be stored. 13 unique holograms can be stored within 1 mm stretch of a random phase mask. We report that there is a negligible hysteretic effect on the mean pixel intensity for both elastomer phase masks.