Ground-state vibrational coherence in chlorosomes of the green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobium phaeobacteroides

Y. Z. Ma, J. Aschenbrücker, M. Miller, T. Gillbro

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Abstract

Femtosecond transient absorption measurements have been performed on the bacteriochlorophyll e-containing chlorosomes of Chlorobium phaeobacteroides. Oscillations superimposed on the initial part of the kinetics and damped within 2 ps were observed. The Fourier power spectra revealed low-frequency vibrational modes in the range of 45-130 cm-1. The pump pulses centred at 425, 490 and 530 nm are in resonance with the S0-Sn transition, while the probe pulses between 710 and 785 nm monitor the S0-S1 transition. The observed oscillations can therefore be ascribed to ground-state vibrational coherence induced by resonant impulsive stimulated Raman scattering.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)465-472
Number of pages8
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume300
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 5 1999
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Financial support from the Swedish and Danish Natural Research Councils and the EU TMR project “Green Bacterial Photosynthesis” (FMRX-CT96-0081) is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks to Dr. Alisdair N. Macpherson for critical reading of the manuscript and helpful discussions and to the referees for valuable comments.

FundersFunder number
EU TMRFMRX-CT96-0081
Swedish and Danish Natural Research Councils

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