Fig. 1: Microcavity structure and LH2 properties.
From: Optical cavity-mediated exciton dynamics in photosynthetic light harvesting 2 complexes
a Structure of the semi-transparent Fabry–Pérot cavity, where two Au mirrors (thickness of 22 nm) sandwich a PVA film containing LH2 (thickness of 300 nm); b structure of LH2 complex from Rhodoblastus acidophilus strain 10050 with a view normal to the membrane plane (top) and a side view of the complex (down), where the closely packed B850 ring is shown in blue, the loosely packed B800 ring in mauve, the carotenoid chains in brown, the α-apoprotein chains in cyan and the β-apoprotein chains in green; c steady state absorption of LH2 bare film on glass substrate, where the B800 and B850 absorption peaks are well resolved.
