Abstract

Daylight photodynamic therapy (D-PDT) is an effective and almost painless treatment for many skin conditions, where successful treatment relies on daylight activation of a topical photosensitizer. Optimization of D-PDT requires accurate assessment of light dose received. There is a requirement for a small-area sensor that can be placed adjacent to the treatment site to facilitate accurate dose quantification. Here, a novel, to the best of our knowledge, configuration for a D-PDT dose sensor, consisting of a holographic absorption grating fabricated in a photosensitive film, is presented. Theoretical modeling of the sensor’s response (i.e., change in grating diffraction efficiency due to change in grating absorption modulation, ${\alpha _1}$, on exposure to daylight) was conducted using Kogelnik’s coupled-wave theory. The influence of the different grating parameters (initial film absorption, thickness, spatial frequency, and reconstruction wavelength) on the sensor response was examined and revealed that the initial absorption and grating thickness values have a large impact on both the magnitude and rate of the D-PDT sensor response. The optimum design for an absorption grating-based D-PDT sensor is described.

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