https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134108009
Coherence dynamics in light-harvesting complexes with two-colour spectroscopy
1 Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2 School of Physics and Centre for Applied Medical Research, St. Vincents Hospital, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
We investigate coherent dynamics in the cryptophyte light-harvesting complex Phycocyanin-645 (PC-645). A two-colour four-wave mixing experiment allows us to isolate a coherence pathway and observe its evolution in the absence of other signals. We measured a decoherence time of 540fs for the coherence [1]. Additionally oscillations in the signal pathway give evidence for the coherent excitation of states outside the bandwidth of the laser pulse. This suggests strong coupling between the excited states and phonon modes [1].
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