Absence of quantum oscillations and dependence on site energies in electronic excitation transfer in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson trimer

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2912-2917

  Ritschel, Gerhard ^a   Roden, Jan ^a   Strunz, Walter T ^b   Aspuru Guzik, Alan ^c   Eisfeld, Alexander ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION ENERGIES; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; FAST TRANSFER; GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA; LIGHT-HARVESTING ANTENNAS; MASTER EQUATIONS; NON-MARKOVIAN; ON-SITE ENERGY; QUANTUM OSCILLATIONS; QUANTUM STATE;

BACTERIA; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; OLIGOMERS; QUANTUM THEORY; SLOW LIGHT; SULFUR;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 81755171307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201119j     Document Type: Article

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