• 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