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Chapter and Conference Paper
Ultrafast Relaxation of the S2 Excited State in β-Carotene and its Homologs: A Role of Intermediate States
Time-resolved absorbance change and fluorescence in carotenoids with several conjugation lengths have been investigated. Ultrafast optical responses are explained by relaxation of excited states and resonant n...
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Dynamics of Carotenoids Probed by Femtosecond Absorption, Fluorescence, and Raman Spectroscopy
Ultrafast optical responses in β-carotene and lycopene depend on the pump wavelength. Excess vibrational energy induced by the photoexcitation remains longer than several picoseconds in the excited states and slo...