Early events of energy relaxation in all-trans-β-carotene following sub-10 fs optical-pulse excitation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 24, 2001, Pages

  Cerullo, G ^a   Lanzani, G ^a   Zavelani Rossi, M ^a   De Silvestri, S ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Milan   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RELAXATION TIME;

EID: 0034895093     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.241104     Document Type: Article

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