Integrated optical switching based on the protein bacteriorhodopsin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 393-396

  Dér, András ^a   Valkai, Sándor ^a   Fábián, László ^a   Ormos, Pál ^a   Ramsden, Jeremy J ^b   Wolff, Elmar K ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; ELECTRONICS; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 34247269672     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-06-21-RA-944     Document Type: Conference Paper

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