Resolving the electron transfer kinetics in the bacterial reaction center by pulse polarized 2-D photon echo spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1798-1805

  Fingerhut, Benjamin P ^a   Mukamel, Shaul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL REACTION; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; COMPLEX KINETICS; CROSS PEAKS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFER KINETICS; EXCITON TRANSITIONS; NEAR-IR; NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE; PHOTON-ECHO SPECTROSCOPY; POLARIZED LASER PULSE; PURPLE BACTERIA; REACTION CENTER; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SUBPICOSECOND; THEORETICAL MODELING;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; KINETICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEPARATION;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 84863612404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3006282     Document Type: Article

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