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DNA-based materials for electro-optic applications: Current status

  • James G. Grote
  • , Emily M. Heckman
  • , Darnell E. Diggs
  • , Joshua A. Hagen
  • , Perry P. Yaney
  • , Andrew J. Steckl
  • , Stephen J. Clarson
  • , Guang S. He
  • , Qingdong Zheng
  • , Paras N. Prasad
  • , John S. Zetts
  • , F. Kenneth Hopkins
  • Air Force Research Laboratory
  • University of Dayton
  • Anteon Corporation
  • University of Cincinnati
  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

Purified deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), derived from salmon milt and roe sacs, waste products of the Japanese fishing industry in Hokkaido, has been processed into a promising, optical waveguide quality, biopolymer material suitable for both passive and active optical and electro-optic applications. Intercalation of aromatic compounds into stacked layers within the double helix of DNA molecules has rendered active optical waveguide materials with excellent nonlinear optical properties.

Original languageEnglish
Article number593406
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume5934
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
EventNonlinear Optical Transmission and Multiphoton Processes in Organics III - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Aug 2 2005Aug 2 2005

Keywords

  • Deoxyribonucleic acid
  • DNA
  • Nonlinear optics

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