Hegde, Gopalkrishna M and Reddy, KPJ (2003) Reversible photobleaching of bacteriorhodopsin molecules exposed to 570 mn laser light. In: Current Science, 85 (11). pp. 1587-1591.
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Abstract
The phenomenon of reversible photobleaching in bacteriorhodopsin (BR) molecules exposed to 570 nm laser is presented. Creation of non-absorbing molecules in the bleached state is analysed theoretically using a simple theoretical model based on the excited-state absorption process. The analysis helps in ascertaining the percentage of molecules in the bleached state in the BR-based memory devices at any given time. The theory provides a bleaching parameter quantifying the number of photons the BR molecules can absorb before they reach a bleached state.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Current Science |
| Publisher: | Indian Academy of Sciences |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering) |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2009 08:40 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2010 04:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/17310 |
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