Publications
Bioelectronics, three-dimensional memories and hybrid computers, R.R. Birge, D.S.K. Govender, R.B. Gross, A.F. Lawrence, J.A. Stuart, J.R. Tallent, E.H.L. Tan and B.W. Vought (1994) Proc. IEEE IEDM 94, 3-6
The intensity-dependent refractive index of chemically enhanced bacteriorhodopsin, Q.W. Song, C. Zhang, R.B. Gross and R.R. Birge (1994) Opt. Commun. 112, 296-301
Bacteriorhodopsin. R.R. Birge in Encyclopedia of Advanced Materials, Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK.(1994) pp. 199-204
Determination of the refractive index of a bacteriorhodopsin film. C. Zhang, Q.W. Song, C.Y. Ku, R.B. Gross and R.R. Birge (1994) Opt. Lett. 19, 1406-1411 ![]()
Bacteriorhodopsin, a nonlinear proton pump. R.R. Birge (1994) Nature 371, 659-660
Observation and analysis of self-diffraction in bacteriorhodopsin films. R.B. Gross, Z. Chen and R.R. Birge (1994) Proc. Mat. Res. Soc. 330, 251-256
Fundamentals of reliability calculations for molecular devices and photochromic memories. A.F. Lawrence and R.R. Birge (1994) Adv. Chem. 240, 131-160
Introduction to molecular and biomolecular electronics. R.R. Birge (1994) Adv. Chem. 240, 1-14
Three-Dimensional Optical Memories. R.R. Birge (1994) Amer. Sci. 82, 349-355
Chemically enhanced bacteriorhodopsin thin film spatial light modulator, Q.W. Song, C. Zhang, R. Blumer, R.B. Gross, Z. Chen and R.R. Birge (1993) Proc. SPIE 2051, 77-82
On the molecular origin of photoreceptor noise. R.B. Barlow, R.R. Birge, E. Kaplan and J.R. Tallent (1993) Nature 366, 64-66 ![]()
Chemically enhanced bacteriorhodopsin thin-film spatial light modulator. Q.W. Song, C. Zhang, R. Blumer, R.B. Gross, Z.P. Chen and R.R. Birge (1993) Opt. Lett. 18, 1373-1375 ![]()
Protein based artificial retinas. Z.P. Chen and R.R. Birge (1993) Trends Biotech. 11, 292-300 ![]()
Optical limiting by chemically enhanced bacteriorhodopsin films. Q.W. Song, C. Zhang, R. Gross and R.R. Birge (1993) Opt. Lett. 18, 775-777 ![]()
The unusual pKa of the rhodopsin chromophore. Is this how nature minimizes photoreceptor noise? R.R. Birge (1993) Biophys. J. 64, 1371-1372 ![]()
The potential application of optical phased arrays in two-photon three-dimensional optical memories. A.F. Lawrence and R.R. Birge (1992) Proc. SPIE 1773, 401-412
Molecular Electronics, in Nanotechnology, Research and Perspectives, R.R. Birge (B.C. Crandall and James Lewis, eds.), MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. (1992) pp. 149-170
On the Molecular Origins of Thermal Noise in Vertebrate and Invertebrate Photoreceptors. R.R. Birge, R.B. Barlow Jr. and J.R. Tallent, in “Structures and Functions of Retinal Proteins”, Ed. J.L Rigaud, Col. INSERM (1992) 221, 283-286
Conformational energetics and excited state level ordering in 11-cis retinal. J.R. Tallent, J.R. Birge, C.F. Zhang, E. Wenderholm and R.R. Birge (1992) Photochem. Photobiol. 56, 935-952
Protein based optical computing and optical memories, R.R. Birge (1992) IEEE Computer 25, 56-67
Nonlinear optical properties of bacteriorhodopsin and protein based two-photon three-dimensional memories. R.R. Birge, R.B. Gross, M.B. Masthay, J.A. Stuart, J.R. Tallent & C.F. Zhang. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Sci. Technol. Sec. B. Nonlin. Opt. 3, 133-147
Theoretical analysis of third-order polarizability enhancement of disubstituted diphenyl polyenes via oxidative doping. J. R. Tallent, R.R. Birge, C.W. Spangler and K.O. Havelka (1992) Am. Inst. Phys. Conf. Proc. 262, 191-203
Molecular dynamics of the primary photochemical event in rhodopsin. J.R. Tallent, E.Q. Hyde, L.A. Findsen, G.C. Fox & R.R. Birge (1992) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114, 1581-1592 ![]()
Holographic thin films, spatial light modulators and optical associative memories based on bacteriorhodopsin, R.B. Gross, K.C. Izgi & R.R. Birge (1992) Proc. SPIE 1662, 186-196
Quantum Effects, Thermal Statistics and Reliability of Nanoscale Molecular and Semiconductor Devices. R.R. Birge, A.F. Lawrence and J.R. Tallent (1991) Nanotech. 2, 73-87 ![]()
Revised Assignment of Energy Storage in the Primary Photochemical Event in Bacteriorhodopsin. R.R. Birge, T.M. Cooper, A.F. Lawrence, M.B. Masthay, C.F. Zhang and R. Zidovetzki (1991) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 4327-4328 ![]()
Nonlinear Optical Properties of Bacteriorhodopsin: Assignment of the Third-Order Polarizability Based on Two-Photon Absorption Spectroscopy. R.R. Birge, M.B. Masthay, J.A. Stuart, J.R. Tallent and C.F. Zhang, in Biomolecular Spectroscopy, R.R. Birge and L.A. Nafie, eds. (1991) Proc. SPIE 1432, 129-140
Wavelength Dependence of the Photorefractive and Photodiffractive Properties of Holographic Thin Films Based on Bacteriorhodopsin. R. R. Birge, K. C. Izgi, J. A. Stuart and J.A. Tallent (1991) Proc. Mat. Res. Soc. 218, 131-140
Structural and Electrostatic Studies of Benzodiazepine Receptor Ligands, P. W. Codding, A. W. Roszak, M. B. Szkaradzinska, P. A. Fleitz and R. R. Birge (1990) Frontiers Drug Res. 28, 78-90
Photophysics and Molecular Electronic Applications of the Rhodopsins, R.R. Birge (1990) Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 41, 683-733 ![]()
Two-Photon Spectroscopy of Light-Adapted Bacteriorhodopsin. R.R. Birge and C.F. Zhang J. (1990) Chem. Phys. 92, 7178-7195 ![]()
Nonlinear Optical Properties of Bacteriorhodopsin. Assignment of Second Order Hyperpolarizabilities of Randomly Oriented Systems by using Two-Photon Spectroscopy. R.R. Birge, P. A. Fleitz, A. F. Lawrence, M. A. Masthay and C. F. Zhang (1990) Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 189, 107-122
The Nature of the Primary Photochemical Events in Rhodopsin and Bacteriorhodopsin, R.R. Birge (1990) Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1016, 293-327 ![]()







