All-optical switching in dye-doped DNA nanofibers
Abstract
All-optical switches are introduced which are based on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in the form of electrospun fibers, where DNA is semi-intercalated with a push-pull, luminescent nonlinear pyrazoline derivative. Optical birefringence is found in the organic nanofibers, with fully reversible switching controlled through continuous-wave laser irradiation. The photoinduced signal is remarkably large, with birefringence highlighted by optically-driven refractive index anisotropy approaching 0.001. Sub-millisecond characteristic switching times are found. Integrating dye-intercalated DNA complex systems in organic nanofibers, as convenient and efficient approach to template molecular organization and controlling it by external stimuli, might open new routes for realizing optical logic gates, reconfigurable photonic networks and sensors through physically-transient biopolymer components.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1812.06853,
title = {All-optical switching in dye-doped DNA nanofibers},
author = {Adam Szukalski and Maria Moffa and Andrea Camposeo and Dario Pisignano and Jaroslaw Mysliwiec},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.06853},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
18 pages, 11 figures. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018