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Ultrafast Excited-State Isomerization Dynamics of 1,1‘-Diethyl-2,2‘-Cyanine Studied by Four-Wave Mixing Spectroscopy
Benjamin Dietzek, Niklas hristensson, Torbjörn Pascher, Tõnu Pullerits, and Arkady Yartsev
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007, 111 (19), pp 5396–5404
Miyasaka Lab.Masayasu Muramatsu
Contents
Introduction Photoinduced Isomerization 1122C Excited-State bond-twisting
motion
Experimental method Transient Absorption TransientGrating Three-pulse photon echo peak-shift
Results & Discussion Summary
Photoinduced Isomerization
h
11-cis retinal
all-trans retinal
200fs
trans-stilbene
cis-stilbene
h’254nm
h313nm
Control pathway rate .etc
model system vs biological system → function of the protein matrix
eye sight
Excited-State bond-twisting motion
N+ N
C2H5 C2H5
N+
N
C2H5
C2H5
Methanol
500ps
538nm523nm
trans-1122Ccis-1122C
Transient Absorption
A →h
Pump
Sample
A
A
Reference
ProbeProbe
Transient species
A = -log II0
Pulse participation
StimulatedEmission( SE )
GroundState
Bleach( GSB )
ExcitedState
Absorption( ESA )
time
Hole spectrum
Transient Grating ( TG )
1) Thermal change2) Volume change3) Spectrum change
2pulse interference
3pulse interferencen(t) : refracture indexk(t) : absorbance
Three-pulse photon echo peak-shift
τ 0≫ : decoherent → no echoT 0≫ : vanish diffraction fringe → no echo
Three-pulse photon echo peak-shift
Signal ink3+k2-k1
direction100fs1ps10ps100ps
Transient Absorption
Stimulated emission
4.9psESA:excited-state population
405nm
405nm(filled triangle)573nm(open star)700nm(open triangle)850nm(open aquare)1000nm(filled circle)
Transient Grating 548nm
Rise:Stimulated Emission (dark state)Decay:Internal Conversion
Viscosity, large →Decay time, large
Transient Grating 530nm 495nm
495nm : no emission → no rise
530nm 495nm
3PEPS 548nm
Rise:Stimulated Emission (another state)
viscosity large ↓inhomogeneity large
The osillation pattern is insensitive to solvent → It is not related to torsion
3PEPS
VibrationalRelaxation
5ps~ Rise: cis isomer formation ? or Ultrafast Internal Conversion ?
methanol propanol
548nm(red), 530nm(green), 495nm(blue)
Summary
Transient Absorption ESA(405nm): ~1ps(flat),τ=4.9ps(decay) SE(548nm):~1ps(decay)→dark state
Transient Grating wavelength dependent rise ← ESA solvent dependent decay ← internal conversion
3PEPS high viscosity
→high inhomogeneity rise(495nm) →cis isomer?
1ps
4.9ps
500ps
538nm523nm
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