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Highly efficient energy excitation transfer in light-harvesting complexes: The fundamental role of noise-assisted transport

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Caruso, F., Chin, A. W., Datta, A., Huelga, S. F., Plenio, M. B.·2009·The Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI 10.1063/1.3223548
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Excitation transfer through interacting systems plays an important role in many areas of physics, chemistry, and biology. The uncontrollable interaction of the transmission network with a noisy environment is usually assumed to deteriorate its transport capacity, especially so when the system is fundamentally quantum mechanical. Here we identify key mechanisms through which noise such as dephasing, perhaps counter intuitively, may actually aid transport through a dissipative network by opening up additional pathways for excitation transfer. We show that these are processes that lead to the inhibition of destructive interference and exploitation of line broadening effects. We illustrate how these mechanisms operate on a fully connected network by developing a powerful analytical technique that identifies the invariant (excitation trapping) subspaces of a given Hamiltonian. Finally, we show how these principles can explain the remarkable efficiency and robustness of excitation energy transfer from the light-harvesting chlorosomes to the bacterial reaction center in photosynthetic complexes and present a numerical analysis of excitation transport across the Fenna–Matthew–Olson complex together with a brief analysis of its entanglement properties. Our results show that, in general, it is the careful interplay of quantum mechanical features and the unavoidable environmental noise that will lead to an optimal system performance.

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Authors
Caruso, F., Chin, A. W., Datta, A., Huelga, S. F., & Plenio, M. B.
Affiliations
  • Imperial College London (GB)
  • University of Hertfordshire (GB)
  • Universität Ulm (DE)
ORCID
Venue
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Publisher
AIP Publishing
Published
2009-09-11
Volume
131
Issue
10
Pages
105106
ISSN
  • 0021-9606 (ISSN-L)
  • 1089-7690
DOI
10.1063/1.3223548
OpenAlex
W2158777069
Cited by
655
References
49
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FWCI
35.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • The Journal of Chemical Physics (publishedVersion)
  • University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire) (acceptedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire) (submittedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/C546237/1)
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 › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Keywords
excitation energy transfer, light-harvesting complexes, dephasing, quantum interference, line broadening, invariant subspaces, excitation trapping, chlorosomes, bacterial reaction center, Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex, entanglement, photosynthetic energy transfer, dissipative quantum systems

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