Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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852231 | Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Using nonlinear photoinduced anisotropy in bacteriorhodopsin (bR) film, we presented and demonstrated an image switch in which the output can be tuned continuously by the intensity of a pumping beam. A laser with wavelength 532 nm was used as the pumping beam, and a He–Ne laser at wavelength 632.8 nm was used as the probe beam. Without pumping light, a little of polarized probe beam can transmit the crossed polarizers and the output is very low. With the presence of pumping light, owing to photoinduced anisotropy in the bR film, a portion of the probe beam transmits the crossed polarizers, depending on the intensity of the pumping beam. For the low-intensity probe beam (0.44 mW/cm2), the output is dependent on a wide range of pumping beam (2–30 mW/cm2). On the contrary, for the high-intensity probe beam (0.80 mW/cm2), the output is dependent on a narrow range of pumping beam (2–7 mW/cm2).