Vibrational relaxation of excited states in a series of carotenes with several polyene lengths

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4812, Issue , 2002, Pages 15-23

  Yoshizawa, Masayuki ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Femtosecond Raman spectroscopy; Vibrational relaxation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS; POLYOLEFINS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

BACTERIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CAROTENOIDS; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0036980741     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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