Conjugation length dependence of internal conversion in carotenoids: Role of the intermediate state

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Polli, D ^a   Cerullo, G ^a   Lanzani, G ^a   De Silvestri, S ^a   Yanagi, K ^b   Hashimoto, H ^b   Cogdell, R J ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CHEMICAL BONDS; ENERGY GAP; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CAROTENOIDS; INTERNAL CONVERSION (IC); NONLINEAR OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS (NOPA); PHOTOEXCITATION;

PIGMENTS;

EID: 19644400806     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.163002     Document Type: Article

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