Light-induced biological-function related dynamics in bateriorhodopsin

IN5 is a general purpose direct-geometry disk-chopper time-of-flight spectrometer. It is used to study low-energy transfer processes as a function of momentum transfer. It is often used for quasi-elastic scattering in solids, liquids, molecular crystals and even biological samples.

The video below was recorded on Oct, 2006 during experiment 8-04-406: "Light-induced biological-function related dynamics in bacteriorhodopsin (purple membrane)". The environment setup comprises a powerful pulsed laser which illuminates the sample to trigger the light-induced transition specific to this system. This is phase-locked with a controllable delay to the incident neutron pulses at the sample.

Scientific team :
Pieper J. (TU Berlin), Lechner R.E. (TU Darmstadt), Hauss T. (TU Darmstadt & HMI, Berlin), Buchsteiner A. (HMI, Berlin), Dencher N.A. (TU Darmstadt), Ollivier J. (ILL/DS, Grenoble)
Technical team :
Jenkins S., Descamps F., Ratel J., Cecillon F., Mary T. , Rey F. (ILL/SCI, Grenoble)
IN5 ref. :
Ollivier J. et al. (2002) "New perspectives on the IN5 time of flight spectrometer", Appl. phys. A 74, S305-S307, In: International Conference on Neutrons - Munich, Germany.