Sub‐picosecond dynamics of excited state of primary electron donor in reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas viridis as revealed by hole burning at 1.7K broad and narrow holes

Abstract
Within the Qγ band of the primary electron donor (P), the spectra of absorbance changes due to the formation of a state P+QA− (QA is the primary quinone) at 1.7K in Rhodopseudomous viridis reaction centers excited at 1014 nm have been shown to involve two spectral features characterized by: (i) a progression of broad (170–190 cm−1) Gaussian vibronic bands (S-factor = 1.4) separated by 150 cm−1 and (ii) a ‘narrow’ structure near 1014 nm, characterized by 0-0 transition at 1014 nm with a width of ∼50 cm−1 and 0–1 transition at 1000 nm with the width of ∼100 cm−1, and S-factor = 0.9. The width of 50 cm−1 can be related to either zero-phonon hole (ZPH) width or the structure involving phonon wings and ZPH being unresolved. Since dichroic value (∼0.37) is unvarying over the P band, the vibrations involved are totally symmetric. The ZPH (width of ∼3 cm−1) and phonon wings (frequency of ∼30 cm−1) are resolved within the P band near 1014 nm when the spectrum of ΔA due to the formation of bacteriopheophytinL− is measured at 1.7K

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