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Title: | Slow light in bacteriorhodopsin solution using coherent population oscillations |
Authors: | Yelleswarapu, Chandra S. Philip, Reji Aranda, Francisco J. Kimball, Brian R. Rao, D.V.G.L.N. |
Keywords: | Materials : Organic materials Nonlinear optics : Photorefractive optics Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons Physical optics : Photoionization |
Issue Date: | 1-Jul-2007 |
Publisher: | The Optical Society of America |
Citation: | Optics Letters, 2007, Vol.32, p1788-1790 |
Abstract: | Slow light is demonstrated in liquid phase in an aqueous bacteriorhodopsin (bR) solution at room temperature. Group velocity as low as 3 m/s (all the way to c) is achieved by exploiting the photoisomerization property of bR for coherent population oscillations. Slow light in the liquid phase offers several advantages over solids or vapors for a variety of applications: (i) shorter lifetimes of the M state facilitate slow light at higher modulation frequencies, (ii) convection makes it possible to obtain large signal delays even at high input powers, and (iii) solution concentration is another convenient parameter to vary the signal delay over a wide range. |
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URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3352 |
ISSN: | E-ISSN(s): 1539-4794 P-ISSN(s): 0146-9592 |
Alternative Location: | http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-13-1788 |
Copyright: | 2007 The Optical Society of America |
Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (LAMP) |
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