Mixed Potential Energy Surfaces of the Ultrafast Isomerization of Retinal in Bacteriorhodopsin

Authors :: Prokhorenko Valentyn I.
Morizumi Takefumi
Halpin Alexei
Johnson Philip J. M.
Ernst Oliver P.
Dwayne Miller R. J.
Source :: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 41, p 07020 (2013)
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: EDP Sciences, 2013.
Abstract: We observe, using electronic two-dimensional photon echo spectroscopy, that the cis and trans potential energy surfaces of the ultrafast isomerization of retinal in bacteriorhodopsin are mixed via the hydrogen out of plane (HOOP) mode.

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