Dark spatial solitons in bacteriorhodopsin thin films

Dark spatial solitons in bacteriorhodopsin thin films

We report on the observation of dark spatial solitons in thin solid films containing bacteriorhodopsin. Because of the high nonlinearity of the material, the dark spatial solutions can be easily observed even with a few milliwatts of power from a He-Ne laser. This result promises novel applications...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied Optics 1993-11, Vol.32 (33), p.6656-6658
Hauptverfasser: Ramanujam, P S, Lindvold, L R
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We report on the observation of dark spatial solitons in thin solid films containing bacteriorhodopsin. Because of the high nonlinearity of the material, the dark spatial solutions can be easily observed even with a few milliwatts of power from a He-Ne laser. This result promises novel applications for optical switching and optical interconnects.
ISSN:1559-128X
0003-6935
1539-4522
DOI:10.1364/AO.32.006656