Spectral modulation observed in Chl-a by ultrafast laser spectroscopy

doi:10.1364/OE.19.022480

Spectral modulation observed in Chl-a by ultrafast laser spectroscopy

Juan Du, Kazuaki Nakata, Yongliang Jiang, Eiji Tokunaga, and Takayoshi Kobayashi »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 23, pp. 22480-22485 (2011)
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Broadband real-time dynamic vibronic coupling in Chl-a were experimentally studied using few cycle laser pulses of 6.8fs duration and a 128-channnel lock-in amplifier. Thanks to the extreme temporal resolution benefitting from the ultrashort laser pulse, the real-time modulation of the electronic transition energy induced by the molecular vibrations were calculated by the time dependent first moments of the bleaching band. The transition energy was found to be modulated periodically with the same frequencies of molecular vibration found in the Fourier amplitude spectrum of the difference absorbance real-time traces. This was interpreted to be due to the difference in the effective transition energy associated with the wavepacket motion induced by the equilibrium positions of potential curves between the ground state and the excited state. Using the values, Huang–Rhys factors for several vibrational modes involved in the spectral modulation at the room-temperature have been determined.

OCIS Codes
(140.7090) Lasers and laser optics : Ultrafast lasers
(300.6500) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, time-resolved
(320.2250) Ultrafast optics : Femtosecond phenomena
(160.1435) Materials : Biomaterials

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Nonlinear Materials and Spectroscopy

History
Original Manuscript: August 30, 2011
Revised Manuscript: September 22, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: September 23, 2011
Published: October 25, 2011

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Nonlinear Optics (2011) Optical Materials Express
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Juan Du, Kazuaki Nakata, Yongliang Jiang, Eiji Tokunaga, and Takayoshi Kobayashi, "Spectral modulation observed in Chl-a by ultrafast laser spectroscopy," Opt. Express 19, 22480-22485 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-23-22480

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Avarmaa, R. A.
Baltuška, A.
Blankenship, R. E.
Bocian, D. F.
Den Blanken, H. J.
Diers, J. R.
Du, J.
Dühr, O.
Freiberg, A.
Fuji, T.
Gillie, J. K.
Golbeck, J. H.
Gradinaru, C.
Hoff, A. J.
Hou, Y.
Kobayashi, T.
Korn, G.
Linnanto, J.
Liu, D.
Nakata, K.
Nazarkin, A.
Ohtani, H.
Okamura, K.
Pascal, A.
Peterman, E.
Platenkamp, R. J.
Qian, L.
Quan, S.
Rätsep, M.
Rebane, K. K.
Robert, B.
Saito, T.
Sakane, I.
Shirakawa, A.
Small, G. J.
Teng, F.
Teramoto, T.
Tokunaga, E.
van Amerongen, H.
van Grondelle, R.
Wang, Y.
Wang, Z.
Xu, Z.
Yabushita, A.
Zewail, A. H.
Zhang, J.
Zhang, T.
Zhou, C.
Zhu, Y.

Biophys. J.

J. Du, T. Teramoto, K. Nakata, E. Tokunaga, and T. Kobayashi, “Real-time vibrational dynamics in chlorophyll a studied with a few-cycle pulse laser,” Biophys. J.101(4), 995–1003 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Chem. Phys.

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Chem. Phys. Lett.

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T. Kobayashi and A. Yabushita, “Transition-state spectroscopy using ultrashort laser pulses,” Chem. Rec.11(2), 99–116 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

J. Chem. Phys.

M. Rätsep, J. Linnanto, and A. Freiberg, “Mirror symmetry and vibrational structure in optical spectra of chlorophyll a,” J. Chem. Phys.130(19), 194501 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

J. Phys. Chem.

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J. Phys. Chem. B

A. Pascal, E. Peterman, C. Gradinaru, H. van Amerongen, R. van Grondelle, and B. Robert, “Structure and interactions of the chlorophyll a molecules in the higher plant Lhcb4 antenna protein,” J. Phys. Chem. B104(39), 9317–9321 (2000). [CrossRef]
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Mater. Lett.

S. Quan, F. Teng, Z. Xu, T. Zhang, L. Qian, D. Liu, Y. Hou, and Y. Wang, “Temperature effects on photoluminescence of poly[2-methoxy-5-(20-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene],” Mater. Lett.60(9–10), 1134–1136 (2006). [CrossRef]

Nature

T. Kobayashi, T. Saito, and H. Ohtani, “Real-time spectroscopy of transition states in bacteriorhodopsin during retinal isomerization,” Nature414(6863), 531–534 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

New J. Phys.

T. Kobayashi, J. Zhang, and Z. Wang, “Non-Condon vibronic coupling of coherent molecular vibration in MEH-PPV induced by a visible few-cycle pulse laser,” New J. Phys.11(1), 013048 (2009). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

Phys. Rev. Lett.

G. Korn, O. Dühr, and A. Nazarkin, “Observation of Raman self-conversion of fs-pulse frequency due to impulsive excitation of molecular vibrations,” Phys. Rev. Lett.81(6), 1215–1218 (1998). [CrossRef]

Science

A. H. Zewail, “Laser femtochemistry,” Science242(4886), 1645–1653 (1988). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

H. H. Strain and W. A. Svec, “Extraction, separation, estimation and isolation of the chlorophylls,” in The Chlorophylls, L. P. Vernon and G. R. Seeley, eds. (Academic, 1966), pp. 21–26.

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[1] K. K. Rebane and R. A. Avarmaa, “Sharp line vibronic spectra of chlorophyll and its derivatives in solid solutions,” Chem. Phys.68(1–2), 191–200 (1982). [CrossRef]

[2] R. J. Platenkamp, H. J. Den Blanken, and A. J. Hoff, “Single-site absorption spectroscopy of pheophytin-a and chlorophyll-a in a n-octane matrix,” Chem. Phys. Lett.76(1), 35–41 (1980). [CrossRef]

[3] M. Rätsep, J. Linnanto, and A. Freiberg, “Mirror symmetry and vibrational structure in optical spectra of chlorophyll a,” J. Chem. Phys.130(19), 194501 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] J. R. Diers, Y. Zhu, R. E. Blankenship, and D. F. Bocian, “Qy-excitation resonance Raman spectra of chlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll c/d aggregates: effects of peripheral substituents on the low-frequency vibrational characteristics,” J. Phys. Chem.100(20), 8573–8579 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] C. Zhou, J. R. Diers, and D. F. Bocian, “Qy-excitation resonance Raman spectra of chlorophyll a and related complexes: normal mode characteristics of the low-frequency vibrations,” J. Phys. Chem. B101(46), 9635–9644 (1997). [CrossRef]

[6] J. K. Gillie, G. J. Small, and J. H. Golbeck, “Nonphotochemical hole burning of the native antenna complex of photosystem I (PSI-200),” J. Phys. Chem.93(4), 1620–1627 (1989). [CrossRef]

[7] A. Pascal, E. Peterman, C. Gradinaru, H. van Amerongen, R. van Grondelle, and B. Robert, “Structure and interactions of the chlorophyll a molecules in the higher plant Lhcb4 antenna protein,” J. Phys. Chem. B104(39), 9317–9321 (2000). [CrossRef]

[8] A. Shirakawa, I. Sakane, and T. Kobayashi, “Pulse-front-matched optical parametric amplification for sub-10-fs pulse generation tunable in the visible and near infrared,” Opt. Lett.23(16), 1292–1294 (1998). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] A. Baltuška, T. Fuji, and T. Kobayashi, “Visible pulse compression to 4 fs by optical parametric amplification and programmable dispersion control,” Opt. Lett.27(5), 306–308 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] K. Okamura and T. Kobayashi, “Octave-spanning carrier-envelope phase stabilized visible pulse with sub-3-fs pulse duration,” Opt. Lett.36(2), 226–228 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[11] A. H. Zewail, “Laser femtochemistry,” Science242(4886), 1645–1653 (1988). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] T. Kobayashi, T. Saito, and H. Ohtani, “Real-time spectroscopy of transition states in bacteriorhodopsin during retinal isomerization,” Nature414(6863), 531–534 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] H. H. Strain and W. A. Svec, “Extraction, separation, estimation and isolation of the chlorophylls,” in The Chlorophylls, L. P. Vernon and G. R. Seeley, eds. (Academic, 1966), pp. 21–26.

[14] J. Du, T. Teramoto, K. Nakata, E. Tokunaga, and T. Kobayashi, “Real-time vibrational dynamics in chlorophyll a studied with a few-cycle pulse laser,” Biophys. J.101(4), 995–1003 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[15] G. Korn, O. Dühr, and A. Nazarkin, “Observation of Raman self-conversion of fs-pulse frequency due to impulsive excitation of molecular vibrations,” Phys. Rev. Lett.81(6), 1215–1218 (1998). [CrossRef]

[16] T. Kobayashi and A. Yabushita, “Transition-state spectroscopy using ultrashort laser pulses,” Chem. Rec.11(2), 99–116 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[17] T. Kobayashi, J. Zhang, and Z. Wang, “Non-Condon vibronic coupling of coherent molecular vibration in MEH-PPV induced by a visible few-cycle pulse laser,” New J. Phys.11(1), 013048 (2009). [CrossRef]

[18] S. Quan, F. Teng, Z. Xu, T. Zhang, L. Qian, D. Liu, Y. Hou, and Y. Wang, “Temperature effects on photoluminescence of poly[2-methoxy-5-(20-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene],” Mater. Lett.60(9–10), 1134–1136 (2006). [CrossRef]

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