Evidence of excited state absorption in PS II membrane fragments |
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Authors: | Th. Bittner J. Voigt G. Kehrberg H. -J. Eckert G. Renger |
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Affiliation: | (1) Fachbereich Physik, Institut für Optik und Spektroskopie, Humboldt Universität, Invalidenstr. 42, 1040 Berlin, Germany;(2) Max-Volmer-Institut für Biophysikalische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 1000 Berlin 12, Germany |
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Abstract: | Utilizing a two-beam technique in the frequency domain, the pumped absorption of PS II membrane fragments from spinach and of acetonic chlorophyll-a solutions was measured at room temperature. In a very narrow wavelength region (0.2 nm around the pump pulse wavelength) the relative test beam transmission exhibited either a decrease or an increase, respectively, dependent on the intensity of a strong pump beam. In contrast, the transmission changes of chl-a solutions were not affected by the wavelength mistuning between pump and test beam. The data obtained for PS II membrane fragments were interpreted in terms of excited state absorption of pigment-protein clusters within the light-harvesting complex of PS II. The interpretation of the small absorption band as a homogeneously broadened line led to a transversal relaxation time for chlorophyll in vivo of about 1 ps.Abbreviations PS I photosystem I of green plants - PS II photosystem II of green plants - P700 primary donor of PS I - P680 primary donor of PS II |
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Keywords: | light-harvesting complex exciton migration pump and test beam spectroscopy |
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