Optical storage characters of bacteriorhodopsin molecule film

Feng Chen; Qing Yang; Hongcai Wu; Xun Hou

doi:10.1117/12.462527

12 April 2002 Optical storage characters of bacteriorhodopsin molecule film

Feng Chen, Qing Yang, Hongcai Wu, Xun Hou

Proceedings Volume 4536, International Workshop on Photonics and Imaging in Biology and Medicine; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462527
Event: International Workshop on Photonics and Imaging in Biology and Medicine, 2001, Wuhan, China

Abstract

The photochromic retinal protein bacteriorhodopsin (BR) is found in the cell membrane of Halobacterium salinarium. It is the key protein for photosynthetic growth of H.salinarium. BR shows an exceptional stability towards chemical, thermal, and photochemical degradation. The photochromic properties of Bacteriorhodopsin provide the possibility of application in optical information storage. Photoexcition of the O-state of BR, which has an all-trans confirmation, leads to a state with 9-cis configuration, which is thermally stable. The 9-cis containing photoproduct of the O-state was named P-state. It absorbs at 490 nm and can be photochemically reconverted to the initial state. We propose a system of optical information storage in a BR polymer film, which is a reversible optical data recording material and can be rewritten over 10⁶ times without degradation of the film. A three-wavelength EDRAW (Erase Direct Read After Write) experiment was performed. The photoexcited P(490) state shows a permanent storage property confirmed by our contrast ratio experiments. The result of long-term information storage in BR films more than 1 year is obtained.

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Feng Chen, Qing Yang, Hongcai Wu, and Xun Hou "Optical storage characters of bacteriorhodopsin molecule film", Proc. SPIE 4536, International Workshop on Photonics and Imaging in Biology and Medicine, (12 April 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462527

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