Fig. 3: Rotary cycle (also working cycle or photochemical cycle).
From: Towards the engineering of a photon-only two-stroke rotary molecular motor

A Rotary cycle of a classic 4-stroke LDRM of Fig. 1. B Hypothetical rotary cycle of a 2-stroke LDRM proposed here. The two sequentially absorbed photons are, in general, of different wavelengths.