@article {2906,
	title = {Electro-optical pockels scattering from a single nanocrystal.},
	journal = {Optics Express},
	volume = {19},
	year = {2011},
	month = {2011 May 9},
	pages = {9000-7},
	abstract = {<p>The electro-optical Pockels response from a single non-centrosymmetric nanocrystal is reported. High sensitivity to the weak electric-field dependent nonlinear scattering is achieved through a dedicated imaging interferometric microscope and the linear dependence of electro-optical signal upon the applied field is checked. Using different incident light polarization states, a priori random spatial orientation of the crystal can be inferred. The electro-optical response from a nanocrystal provides local subwavelength sensor of quasi-static electric fields with potential applications in physics and biology. It also leads to a new sub-wavelength microscopy towards the nanoscale investigation of interesting phenomena such as nanoferroelectricity.</p>
},
	issn = {1094-4087},
	doi = {10.1364/OE.19.009000},
	author = {Hajj, Bassam and Perruchas, Sandrine and Lautru, Joseph and Dantelle, G{\'e}raldine and Gacoin, Thierry and Zyss, Joseph and Chauvat, Dominique}
}
@article {2905,
	title = {Electro-optical imaging microscopy of dye-doped artificial lipidic membranes.},
	journal = {Biophysical Journal},
	volume = {97},
	year = {2009},
	month = {2009 Dec 2},
	pages = {2913-21},
	abstract = {<p>Artificial lipidic bilayers are widely used as a model for the lipid matrix in biological cell membranes. We use the Pockels electro-optical effect to investigate the properties of an artificial lipidic membrane doped with nonlinear molecules in the outer layer. We report here what is believed to be the first electro-optical Pockels signal and image from such a membrane. The electro-optical dephasing distribution within the membrane is imaged and the signal is shown to be linear as a function of the applied voltage. A theoretical analysis taking into account the statistical orientation distribution of the inserted dye molecules allows us to estimate the doped membrane nonlinearity. Ongoing extensions of this work to living cell membranes are discussed.</p>
},
	keywords = {Artificial, Cell Membrane, Coloring Agents, Lipid Bilayers, Membrane Potentials, Membranes, Microfluidic Analytical Techniques, Microscopy, Molecular Imaging, Optical Processes, Phosphatidylcholines, Potentiometry, Pyridinium Compounds},
	issn = {1542-0086},
	doi = {10.1016/j.bpj.2009.08.055},
	author = {Hajj, Bassam and De Reguardati, Sophie and Hugonin, Lo\"{\i}c and Le Pioufle, Bruno and Osaki, Toshihisa and Suzuki, Hiroaki and Takeuchi, Shoji and Mojzisova, Halina and Chauvat, Dominique and Zyss, Joseph}
}
