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
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;
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
