Measuring the Ultrafast Correlation Dynamics between the Q x and Q y Bands in Chlorophyll Molecules

J Phys Chem B. 2019 Feb 14;123(6):1359-1364. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b00099. Epub 2019 Feb 1.

Abstract

We use two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy to measure the ultrafast correlation dynamics between the Q x and Q y transitions in chlorophyll molecules. We derive a variation to the center line slope method to quantify the frequency fluctuation cross-correlation function, C xy( Tw). Compared with the frequency fluctuation correlation function of the Q y transition, we observe that there is only a minimal correlation between the Q x and Q y transition, even at the ultrashort timescale of ∼100 fs, which then decays to zero in a time scale of ∼2 ps.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chlorophyll A / chemistry*
  • Chlorophyllides
  • Energy Transfer
  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • Porphyrins / chemistry*

Substances

  • Chlorophyllides
  • Porphyrins
  • phytochlorin
  • Chlorophyll A