Bacteriorhodopsin films as efficient material for nonlinear op- tical devices

F.A. Bovino , Csilla Gergely (1) , G. Váró , M. C. Larciprete , Concita Sibilia

1 L2C - Laboratoire Charles Coulomb

We performed second harmonic generation (SHG) measurements in the noncollinear configuration scheme on BR film. The SHG signal which becomes selectively addressed by choosing the appropriate polarization state for the fundamental beam reveals chiral properties of the sample.

Domaines: Biophysique [physics.bio-ph]

F.A. Bovino, Csilla Gergely, G. Váró, M. C. Larciprete, Concita Sibilia. Bacteriorhodopsin films as efficient material for nonlinear op- tical devices. European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the XIIth European Quantum Electronics Conference 2011, May 2011, Munich, Germany. ⟨hal-00624687⟩