Energy transfer between collagen-dye molecules as a probe of higher-lying electronic states following multiquantum excitation

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Theodossiou, T ^a   Georgiou, E ^a   Hovhannisyan, V ^b   Politopoulos, K ^a   Yova, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DYES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ENERGY TRANSFER;

NONLINEAR EXCITATIONS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0035127085     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/3/1/101     Document Type: Article

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