Long-lived coherent oscillations of the femtosecond transients in cyanobacterial photosystem I

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2006 Dec 28;8(48):5671-8. doi: 10.1039/b605660a. Epub 2006 Nov 13.

Abstract

The pulsed excitation of electronic levels coupled to specific nuclear modes by a 26 fs laser pulse at 706 nm creates a wavepacket in the nuclear space of photopystem I (PS I) of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 both in the ground state and in the one-exciton manifold. Fourier transform of transient decay curves shows several low frequency peaks. The most prominent Power Spectral Density (PSD) peaks are at omega = 49 cm(-1) and omega = 88 cm(-1). The peculiarity of the coherent wavepacket in the PS I of S. sp. strain PCC 6803 is the unique, long-lived 49 cm(-1) and 88 cm(-1) oscillations with decay times up to 10 ps. It was suggested that such a long-lived coherence is determined by a contribution of the ground state wavepacket. The dependence of these two PSD peaks on the probe wavelength resembles the profile of the transient absorption spectra of PS I. The pump-probe signal in the Soret region reflects the dynamics of the ground state wavepacket created by pulsed excitation of the Q(y)-band. It was shown that the multimode Brownian oscillator model allows a quantitative fit of the oscillatory patterns of the pump-probe signal to be obtained.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Lasers
  • Light
  • Oscillometry
  • Photolysis
  • Photosystem I Protein Complex / chemistry*
  • Photosystem I Protein Complex / radiation effects
  • Quantum Theory*
  • Synechocystis / enzymology*
  • Synechocystis / radiation effects
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Photosystem I Protein Complex