Persistent electronic coherence despite rapid loss of electron-nuclear correlation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 3857-3864

  Akimov, Alexey V ^a,b   Prezhdo, Oleg V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

dephasing; energy transfer; light harvesting complex; long lived coherence; molecular dynamics; optical response; quantum classical

Indexed keywords

DEPHASING; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX; LONG-LIVED COHERENCES; OPTICAL RESPONSE; QUANTUM-CLASSICAL;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLIDS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84888387534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402035z     Document Type: Article

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