• DocumentCode
    689655
  • Title

    Direct measurement of third-order nonlinearity of Green Fluorescent Protein

  • Author

    Thomas, Abu ; Yu-Ping Huang ; Rambo, Timothy M. ; Siyuan Shi ; Altepeter, Joseph B. ; Kumar, Pranaw

  • Author_Institution
    EECS Dept., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present the measurement of χ(3) nonlinearity of Green Fluorescent Protein. The nonlinear index is n2 = 10-19m2/W, opening the possibility of using genetically engineerable and naturally occuring proteins in cells as a source of four wave mixing experiments.
  • Keywords
    fluorescence; multiwave mixing; optical saturation; optical variables measurement; proteins; refractive index; four wave mixing experiments; genetically engineerable proteins; green fluorescent protein; naturally occuring proteins; nonlinear index; third-order nonlinearity measurement; Absorption; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Optical saturation; Photonics; Proteins;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834042
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689655