Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.101, No.5, 809-816, 1997
Probing the 2-Exciton Manifold of Light-Harvesting Antenna Complexes Using Femtosecond 4-Wave-Mixing
Two femtosecond four-wave-mixing techniques carried out using the photon echo pulse sequence with positive or negative time delays are shown to provide a direct probe for two-exciton dynamics in light-harvesting antennae of photosynthetic bacteria and green plants. The spectroscopic signatures of intramolecular and interaction-induced (intermolecular) two-exciton states are analyzed using a collective excitonic oscillator representation of the nonlinear optical response.
Keywords:EXCITATION-ENERGY TRANSFER;LHC-II;MOLECULAR NANOSTRUCTURES;PHOTOSYSTEM-II;CHLOROPHYLL-B;PHOTON-ECHO;ABSORPTION;MEMBRANE;BEHAVIOR;LIQUIDS