Abstract
The population and depopulation kinetics of the triplet sublevels of reaction centers ofRhodobacter (Rb.) sphaeroides strains R26 and GA were determined at 9 K by time resolved absorption detected magnetic resonance (ADMR) using the RF pulse method. The comparison of the saturation and pulse methods of time resolved ADMR proofs the latter to be superior. The kinetic behavior of the 2|E| signal was investigated for the first time. It exhibits an unexpected slow decaying component with a rate comparable to thez-level decay. Using a simple kinetic 4-level model for the triplet dynamics we conclude that this slow component as well as the sign of the ADMR signal of the 2|E| transition can be explained by a selective spin lattice relaxation channel connecting the triplet sublevelsx andz.
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