Title :
Unitary Variable Threshold Optical Limiter without Bulky Optical Systems
Author :
Goto, Hiroomi ; Konishi, Tsuyoshi ; Itoh, Kazuyoshi
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Osaka Univ., Osaka
Abstract :
We propose a unitary variable threshold optical limiter that consists of a bacteriorhodopsin (bR) film and a diffractive grating without any bulky optical systems. We performed a preliminary experiment and verified the basic operation of the proposed configuration.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical films; optical limiters; optical materials; proteins; bacteriorhodopsin film; bulky optical system; diffractive grating; unitary variable threshold optical limiter; Biomedical optical imaging; Diffraction gratings; Geometrical optics; Lighting control; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical films; Optical saturation; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391679
