DocumentCode :
689655
Title :
Direct measurement of third-order nonlinearity of Green Fluorescent Protein
Author :
Thomas, Abu ; Yu-Ping Huang ; Rambo, Timothy M. ; Siyuan Shi ; Altepeter, Joseph B. ; Kumar, Pranaw
Author_Institution :
EECS Dept., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
fYear :
2013
fDate :
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
2
Abstract :
We present the measurement of χ(3) nonlinearity of Green Fluorescent Protein. The nonlinear index is n2 = 10-19m2/W, opening the possibility of using genetically engineerable and naturally occuring proteins in cells as a source of four wave mixing experiments.
Keywords :
fluorescence; multiwave mixing; optical saturation; optical variables measurement; proteins; refractive index; four wave mixing experiments; genetically engineerable proteins; green fluorescent protein; naturally occuring proteins; nonlinear index; third-order nonlinearity measurement; Absorption; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Optical saturation; Photonics; Proteins;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Type :
conf
Filename :
6834042
Link To Document :
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