FEMTOSECOND IMPULSIVE EXCITATION OF NONSTATIONARY VIBRATIONAL-STATES IN BACTERIORHODOPSIN

被引:133
作者
DEXHEIMER, SL
WANG, Q
PETEANU, LA
POLLARD, WT
MATHIES, RA
SHANK, CV
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT PHYS,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT CHEM,BERKELEY,CA 94720
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家卫生研究院;
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D O I
10.1016/0009-2614(92)85089-S
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Optical pulses of 12 fs duration are used to excite and probe nonstationary states in the photochemically active protein bacteriorhodopsin. Time-resolved differential transmittance measurements at 568, 620, and 656 nm reveal oscillations from coherent vibrational motion of the retinal chromophore as well as time-dependent changes reflecting its excited state dynamics and subsequent photochemistry. The oscillatory response is dominated by the nonstationary excitation of the ground state reactant, consistent with a resonant impulsive Raman process. Calculations based on this mechanism show good agreement with the results.
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页码:61 / 66
页数:6
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