Briand, J.Sharma, D.Leonard, J.Helbing, J.Cannizzo, A.Chergui, M.Zanirato, V.Haacke, S.Olivucci, M.2011-03-092011-03-092011-03-09200910.1007/978-3-540-95946-5_111https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/65216Femtosecond UV-VIS and mid-IR experiments show that a new class of biomimetic photoswitches photo-isomerizes in less than 300 fs. In close analogy to rhodopsin, the isomerization is driven by ultrafast motion along the stretch and the torsional coordinates.text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper