Molecular computing for edge-enhanced laser imaging.
In order to illustrate the self-assembly capability, we consider a laser imaging experiment on a wet film that is made of bacteriorhodopsin (BR) molecules suspended in a diffusion-limited viscous medium. BR wet film is similar to a wet photograph film but having a finer resolution and adaptive pixel locations due to laser-induced thermal diffusion. The synergism between thermal diffusion of BR molecules (induced externally by a write-laser) and molecular photochromism (generated internally by a read-laser) is exploited naturally for edge-enhanced image applications.
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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Silver Spring, MD 20903.
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Cullin
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Walch
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Demske
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Garcia
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Phuvan
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Caviris
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D001436:Bacteriorhodopsins / Q000737:chemistry*; D019617:Halobacterium salinarum; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated
D001436:Bacteriorhodopsins