TY - JOUR T1 - Recording of transient gratings using the short lived bacteriorhodopsin photocycle intermediates JF - Advanced Materials Y1 - 1993 A1 - Wu, Shuguang A1 - Bräuchle, Christoph A1 - El-Sayed, Mostafa A AB - Bacteriorhodopsin, a light-transducing protein in the purple membrane of Halobacterium halobium, has unique properties that make it a potentially attractive material for use in optical imaging and processing. A transient diffraction grating based on the K intermediate of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle has been produced on the nanosecond time scale. The diffraction efficiency, which would be sufficient for pattern recognition for example, was measured and the intensity dependence assessed. PB - WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH VL - 5 SN - 1521-4095 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.19930051111 CP - 11 M3 - 10.1002/adma.19930051111 ER -