Real-time self-induced nonlinear optical Zernike-type filter in a bacteriorhodopsin film

Marcelo David Iturbe Castillo; David Sanchez-de-la-Llave; Ruben Ramos-Garcia; L.I. Olivos-Perez; Luis A. Gonzalez; M. Rodriguez-Ortiz

doi:10.1117/1.1412425

1 November 2001 Real-time self-induced nonlinear optical Zernike-type filter in a bacteriorhodopsin film

Marcelo David Iturbe Castillo, David Sanchez-de-la-Llave, Ruben Ramos-Garcia, L.I. Olivos-Perez, Luis A. Gonzalez, M. Rodriguez-Ortiz

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 40, Issue 11, (November 2001). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1412425

We propose the use of a nonlinear bacteriorhodopsin film to self-induce a Zernike-type filter in robust optical phase-contrast systems. The device requires relatively low light intensity levels (as low as 200 nW/cm2) at wavelengths around 633 nm and can contrast dynamical phase distributions.

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Marcelo David Iturbe Castillo, David Sanchez-de-la-Llave, Ruben Ramos-Garcia, L.I. Olivos-Perez, Luis A. Gonzalez, and M. Rodriguez-Ortiz "Real-time self-induced nonlinear optical Zernike-type filter in a bacteriorhodopsin film," Optical Engineering 40(11), (1 November 2001). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1412425

Published: 1 November 2001

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