Vibrational coherence transfer and trapping as sources for long-lived quantum beats in polarized emission from energy transfer complexes

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 108, Issue 51, 2004, Pages 11196-11208

  Cina, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Fleming, Graham R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER COMPLEXES; POLARIZED EMISSION; QUANTUM BEATS; VIBRATIONAL COHERENCE TRANSFER;

CHROMOPHORES; DIMERS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 11444269989     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp047015u     Document Type: Article

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