Two-dimensional electronic photon-echo spectroscopy of photosynthetic complexes

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Wolfgang Domcke
• Subject Area: Theoretical Chemistry: Electronic Structure, Dynamics, Simulation
• Term: from 2006 to 2010
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 25637392

We have recently developed novel and particularly efficient algorithms for the calculation of femtosecond nonlinear spectra of complex systems. Here, we propose to numerically implement these methods for more demanding models of the excited-state dynamics of polyatomic molecules (e.g., conical intersections) as well as for the calculation of additional signals, e.g., multidimensional two- and three-pulse photon-echo spectroscopy and infrared emission. The project includes the development of a user-friendly code which allows the simulation of any third-order time- and frequency-resolved signal for a variety of models of the excited-state dynamics of polyatomic molecules.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants