• DocumentCode
    2258772
  • Title

    Probing excited state dynamics of retinal isomerization in bacteriorhodopsin

  • Author

    Cardoza, David ; Florean, Andrei ; White, James ; Sension, Roseanne ; Bucksbaum, Philip

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study the effects of excitation pulse intensity, chirp and bandwidth on the ultrafast dynamics of retinal isomerization in bacteriorhodopsin. Variation of these parameters alters the decay times of the I and J conformations.
  • Keywords
    biochemistry; biological techniques; excited states; high-speed optical techniques; isomerisation; microorganisms; molecular biophysics; molecular configurations; photochemistry; proteins; I conformation; J conformation; bacteriorhodopsin; decay times; excitation pulse intensity; excited state dynamics; retinal isomerization; ultrafast dynamics; Bandwidth; Chirp; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Physics; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Retina; Ultrafast optics; (320.5540) Pulse shaping; (350.5130) Photochemistry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572444