DocumentCode
520668
Title
Ultrafast integrated optical switching based on the protein bacteriorhodopsin
Author
Fábián, László ; Mero, Mark ; Heiner, Zsuzsanna ; Kiss, Miklós ; Osvay, Károly ; Dér, András
Author_Institution
Inst. of Biophys., Szeged, Hungary
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The feasibility of a picosecond photonic switch based on light-induced reaction of the chromoprotein bacteriorhodopsin has been experimentally studied. A possible future utilization of this switch could support an all-optical data transfer at Tbit/s rate.
Keywords
Biomedical optical imaging; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Proteins; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500258
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