Measurement of electron and energy transfer rates in physical stages of photosynthesis with subpicosecond time resolution
Klevanik A.V. , Kryukov P. G. , Matveets Yu. A., Semchishen V.A., Shuvalov V. A.
The kinetics of the transfer of excitation energy and charge in the molecular complexes of photosynthetic reaction centers is measured with a resolution of better than 10~12 sec for the first time ever. The measurements were made with an apparatus incorporating a dye laser with pulses shorter than 10"12 sec. on the basis of the data obtained. The distance between donor and acceptor sites is estimated.