Color-selective holographic retroreflector array for sensing applications

Corner Cube Retroreflectors (CCRs) have applications in sensors, image processing, free space communication, and wireless networks. The ability to construct low-loss wavelength filters embedded in CCRs can enable the development of wavelength multiplexing, tunable lasers, and photonic integrated circuits. Here, we created an approximately 10-µm-thick holographic corner cube retroreflector (HCCR) array that acts as a color-selective wavelength filter and displays the diffraction property. Angle-resolved spectral measurements showed that the Corner Cube Retroreflectors (CCRs) have applications in sensors, image processing, free space communication, and wireless networks. The ability to construct low-loss wavelength filters embedded in CCRs can enable the development of wavelength multiplexing, tunable lasers, and photonic integrated circuits. Here, we created an approximately 10-µm-thick holographic corner cube retroreflector (HCCR) array that acts as a color-selective wavelength filter and displays the diffraction property. Angle-resolved spectral measurements showed that the Bragg peak of the diffracted light from the HCCR array could be tuned from 460 to 545 nm by varying the incident
angle. The HCCR array also exhibited a wavelength-selective tuning capability based on the rotation angle in the visible spectrum. HCCRs projected holographic images with the rotational property in the far field. The utility of the HCCR was demonstrated as optical temperature and relative humidity (RH) sensors that produce a visible colorimetric response for rapid diagnostics.