Abstract
We observe experimentally that the isomerization efficiency of bacteriorhodopsin increases by chirping the excitation pulses at moderate excitation levels. Under strong fields (>100 GW/cm2), the isomerization becomes corrupted, most likely from ionization of the protein.
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