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Origin of Long-Lived Coherences in Light-Harvesting Complexes

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Christensson, Niklas, Kauffmann, Harald F., Pullerits, Tõnu, Mančal, Tomáš·2012·The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

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A vibronic exciton model is applied to explain the long-lived oscillatory features in the two-dimensional (2D) electronic spectra of the Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) complex. Using experimentally determined parameters and uncorrelated site energy fluctuations, the model predicts oscillations with dephasing times of 1.3 ps at 77 K, which is in a good agreement with the experimental results. These long-lived oscillations originate from the coherent superposition of vibronic exciton states with dominant contributions from vibrational excitations on the same pigment. The oscillations obtain a large amplitude due to excitonic intensity borrowing, which gives transitions with strong vibronic character a significant intensity despite the small Huang-Rhys factor. Purely electronic coherences are found to decay on a 200 fs time scale.

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Authors
Christensson, N., Kauffmann, H. F., Pullerits, T., & Mančal, T.
Affiliations
  • University of Vienna (AT)
  • Lund University (SE)
  • Charles University (CZ)
Corresponding author
Mančal, Tomáš
Venue
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Published
2012-06-14
Volume
116
Issue
25
Pages
7449-7454
ISSN
  • 1520-5207 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-6106
OpenAlex
W2036168248
Cited by
415
References
32
Citations by year
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FWCI
25.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Strong Light-Matter Interactions
Keywords
long-lived coherence, light-harvesting complexes, Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex, two-dimensional electronic spectra, dephasing, Huang-Rhys factor, vibrational excitation, electronic coherence
MeSH terms
Bacterial Proteins, Electrons, Models, Chemical, Models, Molecular, Quantum Theory, Chlorobium, Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes

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