The experimental characterization of the absorption and scatter properties of photopolymers

Wendy Meulebroeck; Youri Meuret; Stefaan Heyvaert; Hugo Thienpont

doi:10.1117/12.921807

9 May 2012 The experimental characterization of the absorption and scatter properties of photopolymers

Wendy Meulebroeck, Youri Meuret, Stefaan Heyvaert, Hugo Thienpont

Proceedings Volume 8439, Optical Sensing and Detection II; 84391Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921807
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2012, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

In this paper we studied the photosensitivity and scatter properties of several types of photopolymers that are used in the printing industry. We applied different measurement methodologies to experimentally characterize both the absorption and scatter properties of the photopolymers. In a first part we measured the absorption spectra of different unexposed photopolymers in the range between 350 and 1600 nm. From these spectra we calculated the absorbance coefficients. After this, we repeated this procedure for the cured material which we obtained by illuminating the photopolymers with a laser source. We investigated the absorption properties for different illumination times in the range between 0 and 2000 ms. From these measurements we could calculate for the different materials the difference in absorbance between the cured and the non-cured material. Depending on the material the absorbance of the non-cured material was a factor 20 to 60 higher compared to the absorbance of the cured material. These results were used as input for the optical model. In a next step we measured the BTDF for the different materials and calculated the scatter angle at 1/e². As a result we obtained scatter angles between 2° and 6°. In a last step we verified and confirmed these differences in scatter behavior by measuring the MTF of a real imaging system that included the photopolymer.

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Wendy Meulebroeck, Youri Meuret, Stefaan Heyvaert, and Hugo Thienpont "The experimental characterization of the absorption and scatter properties of photopolymers", Proc. SPIE 8439, Optical Sensing and Detection II, 84391Z (9 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921807

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