Vibrational relaxation of excited states in a series of carotenes with several polyene lengths

Masayuki Yoshizawa; Hideki Hashimoto

doi:10.1117/12.453738

Vibrational relaxation of excited states in a series of carotenes with several polyene lengths

Masayuki Yoshizawa, Hideki Hashimoto

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Initial relaxation kinetics in a series of carotenes has been investigated using femtosecond absorption and Raman spectroscopy. The internal conversion from the photoexcited IB_u^- state to the 2A_g^- state is faster in the carotenes with middle polyene lengths. The vibrational relaxation of the 2A_g^- state has fast and slow components. The time constant of the slow component is longer than several picoseconds. The 2A_g^- state in the short carotenes remains in the vibrational excited levels because of the slow vibrational relaxation. These properties can be explained in terms of the 1B_u^- state which assists the internal conversion to the 2A_g^- state and the fast vibrational relaxation of the 2A_g^- state. The vibrational features of the excited states in carotenoids is very important in energy transfer mechanism of bacterial photosynthesis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-23
Number of pages	9
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4812
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.453738
Publication status	Published - 2002
Event	Nonlinear Spectroscopy - Seattle, WA, United States Duration: 2002 Jul 8 → 2002 Jul 9

Keywords

Carotenoid
Femtosecond Raman spectroscopy
Vibrational relaxation

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Vibrational relaxation of excited states in a series of carotenes with several polyene lengths

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