Image sensing and processing by a bacteriorhodopsin-based artificial photoreceptor
- 1 November 1993
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 32 (31), 6371-6379
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.32.006371
Abstract
Sensing and processing of optical information have been conducted with a unique bioelectronic image sensor that immobilizes bacteriorhodopsin (bR) as a photosensitive retinal protein. A thin film of bR-containing purple membranes was coated on a two-dimensional pixel array of electrodes and was made into a junction with an electrolyte gel layer having a counterelectrode to form an-artificial photoreceptor. Photocurrent signals from each pixel showed a differential responsivity to light intensity, intrinsic to this liquid-junction photocell. Images detected and processed by the bR-based artificial photoreceptor were simultaneously displayed on a light-emitting-diode monitor panel through parallel signal-transmission circuitry. The experiment revealed that the photoreceptor is, as a retina model, capable of selectively detecting motion of images in real time and of performing vectorial extraction of their edge components, similar to the visual processing function of biological photoreceptors.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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