(1) Laboratory for Quantum Optics of East China Normal University Physics Department, East China Normal University, 200062 Shanghai, China;(2) Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Fudan University, 200433 Shanghai, China
Abstract:
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). TheX3) 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.