Electronic coherence transfer in photosynthetic complexes and its signatures in optical spectroscopy

Spectroscopy

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 199-211

  Mančal, Tomáš ^a   Valkunas, Leonas ^b,c   Read, Elizabeth L ^d,e   Engel, Gregory S ^d,e   Calhoun, Tessa R ^d,e   Fleming, Graham R ^d,e  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence transfer; Electronic coherence; Optical spectroscopy; Photosynthetic complexes; Relaxation dynamics

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

COHERENCE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC COHERENCE; ENERGY RELAXATION; EXCITONIC COMPLEXES; EXCITONICS; MEASUREMENTS OF; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC COMPLEX; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; REORGANIZATION ENERGIES;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; DIMER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CHLOROBIUM; COMPLEX FORMATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 47849124340     PISSN: 07124813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/714573     Document Type: Article

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