Anisotropy spectra of indole and N-acetyl-L-tryptophanamide observed for two-photon excitation of fluorescence

Joseph R. Lakowicz; Ignacy Gryczynski; Eva Danielsen; Joan Frisoli

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Anisotropy spectra of indole and N-acetyl-L-tryptophanamide observed for two-photon excitation of fluorescence

Joseph R. Lakowicz, Ignacy Gryczynski, Eva Danielsen, Joan Frisoli

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We observed the steady state fluorescence anisotropy spectra of indole and N-acetyl-L-tryptophanamide (NATA) resulting from one- (OPE) and two-photon excitation (TPE) of fluorescence. The anisotropy spectra for OPE and TPE are remarkably different, suggesting that the cross sections for relative absorption of the ¹L_a and ¹L_b state are different for one- and two-photon absorption. Frequency-domain time-resolved anisotropy decays confirm the unusual value of the time-zero anisotropies. Comparison of the OPE and TPE anisotropy spectra should allow a more critical evaluation of the accepted ¹L_a-¹L_b model for tryptophan and protein fluorescence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	282-287
Number of pages	6
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	194
Issue number	4-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(92)86052-J
State	Published - 3 Jul 1992

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