
Femtosecond Spectroscopy of Native and Carotenoidless Purple-Bacterial LH2 Clarifies Functions of Carotenoids
Keywords: EET, excitation energy transfer; B800, B850 bacteriochlorophyll absorption bands at 800 and 850 nm; BChl, Chl; (bacterio), chlorophyll; LH2, purple bacterial peripheral light-harvesting complex; FWHM, full width at half-maximum; TA, transient absorption