Long-lived electronic coherence in dissipative exciton dynamics of light-harvesting complexes

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2828-2833

  Kreisbeck, Christoph ^a   Kramer, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COHERENCE; EXCITON DYNAMICS; EXCITON TRANSPORT; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX; LONG LASTING; MOLECULAR NETWORKS; NOISY ENVIRONMENT; NON-PERTURBATIVE CALCULATIONS; OSCILLATORY SIGNALS; REACTION CENTER; THERMALIZATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPECTRA; ZERO FREQUENCY;

EXCITONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SPECTRAL DENSITY;

EID: 84867173863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3012029     Document Type: Article

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