title: All-optical display using photoinduced anisotropy in a bacteriorhodopsin film.
abstract: Photoinduced anisotropy in a bacteriorhodopsin film using the pump-probe method was investigated. A diode-pumped second-harmonic YAG laser was used as the pump beam, and three wavelengths, at lambda = 442, 532, 655 nm, from different lasers were used as probe beams. Without the pump beam, the probe light cannot transmit the analyzer to the detector. However, because of photoinduced anisotropy, a portion of the probe light is detected when the pump beam is present. Based on this property, we demonstrate a full-color all-optical display.
authors.affiliation: College of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA.
authors.forename: Yuhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Siganakis
authors.forename: M G Jim
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Moharam
authors.forename: Shin-Tson
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D001436:Bacteriorhodopsins / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003116:Color; D003626:Data Display; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D055095:Optics and Photonics
chemical_list: D001436:Bacteriorhodopsins