Disorder-Assisted Exciton Transport

• Authors: T. Scholak , T. Zech , T. Wellens , A. Buchleitner
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We discuss the possibly constructive role of disorder for the optimization of exciton transport in the FMO (Fenna-Matthews-Olson) light harvesting complex. Our analysis, which models the FMO as a 3D random graph, demonstrates the existence of a small fraction of optimal, though highly asymmetric, non-periodic conformations, which yield near-to-optimal coherent excitation transport. We argue that, on transient time scales, such quantum interference enhanced transport does always better than stochastic activation.

Keywords

EN

87.15.hj; 05.60.Gg; 03.65.Ud; 03.65.Yz

Discipline

• 03.65.Yz: Decoherence; open systems; quantum statistical methods(see also 03.67.Pp in quantum information; for decoherence in Bose-Einstein condensates, see 03.75.Gg)
• 03.65.Ud: Entanglement and quantum nonlocality (e.g. EPR paradox, Bell's inequalities, GHZ states, etc.)(for entanglement production and manipulation, see 03.67.Bg; for entanglement measures, witnesses etc., see 03.67.Mn; for entanglement in Bose-Einstein condensates, see 03.75.Gg)
• 87.15.hj: Transport dynamics
• 05.60.Gg: Quantum transport

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 120
• Issue: 6A
• Pages: A-89-A-94

Dates

published

2011-12

Contributors

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T. Scholak

• Physikalisches Institut der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany

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T. Zech

• Physikalisches Institut der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany

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T. Wellens

• Physikalisches Institut der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany

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A. Buchleitner

• Physikalisches Institut der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.120.A-89