Bacteriorhodopsin: a natural (nonlinear) photonic bandgap material

Authors
Clays, K Van Elshocht, S Persoons, A
Citation
K. Clays et al., Bacteriorhodopsin: a natural (nonlinear) photonic bandgap material, OPTICS LETT, 25(18), 2000, pp. 1391-1393
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
18
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1391 - 1393
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20000915)25:18<1391:BAN(PB>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The angular dependence of the hyper-Rayleigh scattered light intensity from a suspension of bacteriorhodopsin has been analyzed. The observation calls for combination of the second-order nonlinear hyperpolarizability of the r etinal chromophore with the linear refractive index of the ape-protein matr ix. The structuring of the small nonlinear chromophore in the large linear matrix imparts properties of a photonic bandgap to bacteriorhodopsin. (C) 2 000 Optical Society of America.