• DocumentCode
    1316884
  • Title

    All-optical beam deflection induced by cross-phase modulation in bacteriorhodopsin

  • Author

    De Araujo, R.E. ; Borissevitvh, G. ; Gomes, A. S I

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. de Fisica, Univ. Fed. de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    1/6/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    71
  • Lastpage
    73
  • Abstract
    An all-optical beam deflection as high as 1.1 mrad has been obtained in bacteriorhodopsin for a CW pump intensity of ~930 W/cm2 . This is one of the highest non-thermal all-optical deflections for a low driving intensity in a biological medium, which may find application in optical deflectors or space division all-optical switches
  • Keywords
    molecular biophysics; nonlinear media; nonlinear optics; optical deflectors; optical films; optical materials; optical modulation; phase modulation; proteins; CW pump intensity; all-optical beam deflection; bacteriorhodopsin; biological medium; cross-phase modulation; nonthermal all-optical deflections; optical deflectors; space division all-optical switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000127
  • Filename
    830528
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1316884