Before Förster. Initial excitation in photosynthetic light harvesting† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c9sc01888c

Fluorescence detected double quantum coherence 2D spectroscopy reveals strong correlation between weakly coupled pigment pools directly after absorption of light before the Förster transfer regime sets in.

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