Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 28, Issue 10, 2010(2008)

Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Kinetics of Photoinduced Anisotropy of Bacteriorhodopsin

Han Junhe1,2,3、*, Yao Baoli1, Gao Peng1, Chen Liju1, Wang Yingli1, and Lei Ming1
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    The polymeric film embedded with polar bacteriorhodopsin (BR) molecules is isotropic in macroscopy since the BR molecules are randomly distributed. Upon excitation by a linearly polarized light, selective absorption of BR molecules with respect to the polarization orientation of the excitation light makes the nonuniformly distributed orientation of BR molecules, resulting in a macroscopic anisotropy. According to the two-state model of BR photocycle, the time-dependent orientation distribution of BR molecules in B state is obtained. The kinetic equations of the photoinduced anisotropy of the BR-film are derived. The kinetic curves of the photoinduced anisotropy at different intensities of excitation light are simulated, which are consistent with experimental results.

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    Han Junhe, Yao Baoli, Gao Peng, Chen Liju, Wang Yingli, Lei Ming. Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Kinetics of Photoinduced Anisotropy of Bacteriorhodopsin[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2008, 28(10): 2010

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    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Oct. 29, 2007

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 24, 2008

    The Author Email: Junhe Han (junhh@opt.ac.cn)

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