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FLUORESCENCE OF BACTERIORHODOPSIN UNDER SUBPICOSECOND LIGHT EXCITATION |
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| Authors: | A V Sharkov Yu A Matveetz S V Chekalin A V Konyashchenko † O M Brekhov † B Yu Rootskoy† |
| Institution: | *Institute of Spectroscopy, USSR Academy of Sciences, Troitzk, Moscow Region, 142092, USSR;†P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117924, USSR;†National Research Institute of Optical-Physical Measurements, Moscow, 103045, USSR |
| Abstract: | Abstract— A streak camera detection technique has been used to record the fluorescence of bacteriorhodopsin at room temperature induced by single subpicosecond light pulses. The fluorescence lifetime of bacteriorhodopsin has been found to be less than 2 ps. |
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