We report on the enhanced holographic performance by employing a strong volume holographic absorption grating induced by localized surface plasmon resonance effect in a bulk gold nanoparticles doped photopolymer. The contributions of plasmon-induced volume holographic absorption grating is characterized through the Kogelnik's coupled wave model and demonstrated experimentally by using two-beam interference technology. At the 0.05 vol. % concentration of the gold nanoparticles in the bulk photopolymer, 101.8% increase in the diffraction efficiency and more than four times suppression of the first side lobe in angular selectivity have been achieved.

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Holography is considered to be the next generation of technology to achieve true three‐dimensional (3D) displays as it can reconstruct the wavefronts of light with the whole depth cues of a real 3D scene. Current updatable holographic materials lack multiplexing properties and fatigue resistance for 3D displays. We report on a new holographic material of side‐chain diarylethene polymer with the thickness of 320 μm, minimum multiplexing angle of 0.17°, rapid response time of several seconds, and fatigue resistance. The updatable reconstructions of 3D scenes with write/erase cycles are realized in experiments. This thick photochromic polymer shows potential for applications such as real‐time 3D displays for big data. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2016, 54, 2050–2058

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