Measurements of photoinduced refractive index changes in bacteriorhodopsin films |
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Authors: | Ravinder Kumar Banyal B Raghavendra Prasad |
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Affiliation: | (1) Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Sarjapur Road, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560 034, India |
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Abstract: | We report the pump-probe measurements of nonlinear refractive index changes in photochromic bacteriorhodopsin films. The photoinduced absorption is caused by pump beam at 532 nm and the accompanying refractive index changes are studied using a probe beam at 633 nm. The proposed technique is based on a convenient and accurate determination of optical path difference using digital interferometry-based local fringe shift. The results are presented for the wild-type as well as genetically modified D96N variant of the bacteriorhodopsin. |
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Keywords: | Bacteriorhodopsin refractive index change |
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