Probing the two-exciton manifold of light-harvesting antenna complexes using femtosecond four-wave mixing

被引:37
作者
Kuhn, O [1 ]
Mukamel, S [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ROCHESTER,DEPT CHEM,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B | 1997年 / 101卷 / 05期
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10.1021/jp961822e
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Two femtosecond four-wave-mixing techniques carried out using the photon echo pulse sequence with positive or negative time delays are shown to provide a direct probe for two-exciton dynamics in light-harvesting antennae of photosynthetic bacteria and green plants. The spectroscopic signatures of intramolecular and interaction-induced (intermolecular) two-exciton states are analyzed using a collective excitonic oscillator representation of the nonlinear optical response.
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页码:809 / 816
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