KINETICS OF DYNAMIC HOLOGRAM RECORDING IN POLYMER FILMS WITH IMMOBILIZED BACTERIORHODOPSIN

Abstract
Polymer films with immobilized photosensitive membrane protein, bacteriorhodopsin (BR), were prepared and investigated. A sensitive holographic interferometer with phase modulated optical beams was used for investigation of kinetics of dynamic hologram recording in BR polymer films. It was found that phase hologram formation consisted of two quasi-exponential stages demonstrating existence of a diffusive process in obtained films. It was shown that the kinetics of a phase hologram recording by high intensity beams do not correlate with the exponential law. The applicability of BR polymer films as reversible photorefractive materials for dynamic holography and real-time interferometry was discussed.     

KINETICS OF DYNAMIC HOLOGRAM RECORDING IN POLYMER FILMS WITH IMMOBILIZED BACTERIORHODOPSIN

Abstract— Polymer films with immobilized photosensitive membrane protein, bacteriorhodopsin (BR), were prepared and investigated. A sensitive holographic interferometer with phase modulated optical beams was used for investigation of kinetics of dynamic hologram recording in BR polymer films. It was found that phase hologram formation consisted of two quasi-exponential stages demonstrating existence of a diffusive process in obtained films. It was shown that the kinetics of a phase hologram recording by high intensity beams do not correlate with the exponential law. The applicability of BR polymer films as reversible photorefractive materials for dynamic holography and real-time interferometry was discussed.     

Synthesis of 5-amino-3H-pyrrole-3,4-dicarbonitriles from 4-aryl-4-oxobutane-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitriles

Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry -     

Spiro heterocyclization of 4-aryl-4-oxobutane-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitriles to 3H-pyrrole derivatives, 2-oxa-7-azaspiro[4.4]nona-3,6,8-trienes

4-Aryl-3-methyl-4-oxobutane-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitriles reacted with morpholine to give 8-amino-3-aryl-1-imino-4-methyl-6-(morpholin-4-yl)-2-oxa-7-azaspiro[4.4]nona-3,6,8-triene-9-carbonitriles.     

Recording of dynamic gratings in the nonlinear optical coating of a planar waveguide

The possibility of controlled energy exchange between interfering waveguide modes in a singlemode planar waveguide with a nonlinear optical coating is analyzed. As the coating, a suspension of bacteriorhodopsin D96N was used, which makes it possible to realize two spectrally separated mechanisms of recording and controlling dynamic gratings, i.e., the spatial modulation of the trans-cis excitation rate and the spatial modulation of the cis-trans relaxation rate. The method of phase-modulated beams was used to implement the energy exchange. The dynamic gratings in the coating were recorded by using both radiation with a wavelength within the absorption band of the trans state (630 nm) and radiation with a wavelength within the absorption band of the cis state (440 nm). Efficient control of the energy exchange between the waveguide modes by means of uniform exposure of their interference region to radiation with another wavelength was observed. A completely integral geometrical layout for optically controlled energy exchange was realized. The results obtained are compared with known data on energy exchange between beams in the bulk of a similar nonlinear medium.     

Speckle interferometry of phase-modulated beams

It is shown experimentally that a scatterer placed in the interference field of the signal and the reference beams can be used for detecting phase-modulated optical signals. The signal observed in this case is formed by the space-time modulation of the speckle structure of the beams. The influence of the geometry of the interferometer and the amplitude of phase modulation on the parameters of the output signal is considered.     

Hydrolysis and acylation of imino group in E/Z-isomers of 3,4-dialkyl-8-amino-1-imino-6-morpholin-4-yl-2-oxa-7-azaspiro[4.4]nona-3,6,8-triene-9-carbonitriles

Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of 3,4-dialkyl-substituted 8-amino-1-imino-6-morpholin-4-yl-2-oxa-7-azaspiro[4.4]nona-3,6,8-triene-9-carbonitriles under mild conditions led to the formation of 8-amino-6-morpholin-4-yl-1-oxo-2-oxa-7-azaspiro[4.4]nona-3,6,8-triene-9-carbonitriles, and their acylation afforded N-(8-amino-9-cyano-6-morpholin-4-yl-2-oxa-7-azaspiro-[4.4]nona-3,6,8-trien-1-ylidene)acetamides. The NMR spectra of compounds synthesized in contrast to the spectra of initial N-unsubstituted imins contained no doubled proton and carbon signals.