• DocumentCode
    2247560
  • Title

    Conical intersection dynamics in a Rhodopsin analog: 9-cis Isorhodopsin

  • Author

    Polli, Dario ; Brida, Daniele ; Manzoni, Cristian ; Spillane, Katelyn M. ; Garavelli, Marco ; Kukura, Philipp ; Mathies, Richard A. ; Cerullo, Giulio

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Fis., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Using broadband sub-20-fs ultrafast spectroscopy we study the conical intersection dynamics in the visual pigment analog 9-cis Isorhodopsin. We find a longer excited state lifetime and oscillations suggestive of pulsed photoproduct formation.
  • Keywords
    biochemistry; excited states; high-speed optical techniques; molecular biophysics; proteins; spectrochemical analysis; 9-cis isorhodopsin; conical intersection dynamics; excited state lifetime; excited state oscillations; pulsed photoproduct formation; rhodopsin analog; ultrafast spectroscopy; visual pigment analog; Absorption; Pigments; Probes; Retina; Spectroscopy; Stationary state; Visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950917