Beléndez, Augusto, Pascual, Inmaculada, Fimia Gil, Antonio Model for analyzing the effects of processing on recording material in thick holograms BELÉNDEZ VÁZQUEZ, Augusto; PASCUAL VILLALOBOS, Inmaculada; FIMIA GIL, Antonio. "Model for analyzing the effects of processing on recording material in thick holograms". Journal of the Optical Society of America A. Vol. 9, No. 7 (July 1992). ISSN 1084-7529, pp. 1214-1223 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/9149 DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.9.001214 ISSN: 1084-7529 (Print) Abstract: A new model to describe the influences of chemical processing on thick holograms is presented. The model is based on three hypotheses about the behaviour of holographic recording material during processing. Thickness variations and shear-type effects that are due to processing are taken into account in this model, and a new parameter, the effective thickness, is introduced. It is possible to use this thickness to express the relation that exists between the components of the grating vector before and after processing. Experimental results obtained with transmission gratings recorded in a bleached silver halide emulsion are presented and discussed. Keywords:Holography, Holographic recording materials, Volume holographic gratings, Silver halide emulsions Optical Society of America info:eu-repo/semantics/article