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The 3rd-order nonlinearity of bacteriorhodopsin by four-wave mixing

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The 3rd-order nonlinear optical susceptibility X(3) and the response time of the light-transducing biomolecule bacteriorhodopsin were measured with the four-wave mixing technique and a picosecond frequency-doubled Nd: YAG laser (532 nm). TheX 3) and the response time measured are 10-9 esu and 20 ps, respectively. The possible mechanism for generating the 3rd-order nonlinear optical susceptibility X(3) and response time were discussed.

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  1. Laboratory for Quantum Optics of East China Normal University Physics Department, East China Normal University, 200062, Shanghai, China

    Yanping Huang, Liying Wang, Shudi Chen & Zugeng Wang

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Huang, Y., Wang, L., Chen, S. et al. The 3rd-order nonlinearity of bacteriorhodopsin by four-wave mixing. Chin.Sci.Bull. 45, 1752–1755 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02886259

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