title: Nonlinear coherent polarimetry for measuring the complex nonlinear index.
abstract: A novel polarimetric technique for measuring the nonlinear change of optical polarization at a vector two-wave mixing interaction is described and demonstrated as an absorption and refraction of bacteriorhodopsin.
authors.forename: V Y
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Bazhenov
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Kulikovskaya
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Taranenko