Femtosecond energy-transfer dynamics between bacteriochlorophylls in the B800-820 antenna complex of the photosynthetic purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas acidophila (strain 7750)

Ying Zhong Ma, Richard J. Cogdell, Tomas Gillbro

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Abstract

Femtosecond one-color pump-probe measurements were performed on the B800-820 light-harvesting antenna complex of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila, strain 7750, at room and low temperature (mainly 77 K). The isotropic and anisotropic decays obtained within the B800 band are clearly wavelength- and temperature-dependent. A fast isotropic decay component at room temperature was found to have a lifetime of 0.30 ps at 784 nm, 0.54 ps at 790 nm, and 0.75 ps at 800 nm. The interband energy-transfer time was found to be ∼0.75 ps at room temperature, which slows down to ∼0.90 ps at 77 K. The time-resolved anisotropy, obtained around 790 and 800 nm, exhibits a single-exponential decay feature with a depolarization time of ∼1.1 ps at room temperature and ∼450 fs at 77 K. Measurements within the B 820 band showed a fast isotropic component having a lifetime 60-80 fs. The corresponding time-resolved anisotropy decay occurs in 100-130 fs at room temperature and ∼240 fs at 77 K. In view of the general similarity in the energy-transfer dynamics between the B800-820 complex and other LH2 antenna, we conclude that the markedly blue-shifted B820 band has no substantial effect on the interband transfer rate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)881-887
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume102
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 29 1998
Externally publishedYes

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