Spatially-resolved fluorescence-detected two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy probes varying excitonic structure in photosynthetic bacteria

Vivek Tiwari, Yassel Acosta Matutes, Alastair T. Gardiner, Thomas L. C. Jansen, Richard J. Cogdell and Jennifer P. Ogilvie ()
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Vivek Tiwari: University of Michigan
Yassel Acosta Matutes: University of Michigan
Alastair T. Gardiner: University of Glasgow
Thomas L. C. Jansen: University of Groningen
Richard J. Cogdell: University of Glasgow
Jennifer P. Ogilvie: University of Michigan

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Conventional implementations of two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy typically spatially average over ~1010 chromophores spread over ~104 micron square area, limiting their ability to characterize spatially heterogeneous samples. Here we present a variation of two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy that is capable of mapping spatially varying differences in excitonic structure, with sensitivity orders of magnitude better than conventional spatially-averaged electronic spectroscopies. The approach performs fluorescence-detection-based fully collinear two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy in a microscope, combining femtosecond time-resolution, sub-micron spatial resolution, and the sensitivity of fluorescence detection. We demonstrate the approach on a mixture of photosynthetic bacteria that are known to exhibit variations in electronic structure with growth conditions. Spatial variations in the constitution of mixed bacterial colonies manifests as spatially varying peak intensities in the measured two-dimensional contour maps, which exhibit distinct diagonal and cross-peaks that reflect differences in the excitonic structure of the bacterial proteins.

Date: 2018
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