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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
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