Quantum Beating in Photosynthesis (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Quantum Beating in Photosynthesis

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Sunlight absorbed by bacteriochlorophyll (green) within the FMO protein (gray) generates a wavelike motion of excitation energy whose quantum mechanical properties can be mapped through the use of two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy.

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Image courtesy of Greg Engel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Physical Biosciences Division

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