Self-diffraction in bacteriorhodopsin films for low power optical limiting

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2848-2853

  Rao, D Narayana ^a,b   Yelleswarapu, Chandra S ^a   Kothapalli, Sri Rajasekhar ^a   Rao, D V G L N ^a   Kimball, Brian R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^c Materials Science Team   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL PUMPING; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN FILMS; LASER EYE PROTECTION; ORGANIC MATERIALS;

OPTICS;

EID: 2942639604     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002848     Document Type: Article

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