Coherent exciton dynamics in the presence of underdamped vibrations

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 627-632

  Dijkstra, Arend G ^a   Wang, Chen ^b   Cao, Jianshu ^a,b   Fleming, Graham R ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorosome; excitation energy transfer; exciton diffusion; exciton vibration coupling; green sulfur bacteria; light harvesting antenna system; non Markovian effects

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DIMERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION ENERGY; HARVESTING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CHLOROSOME; EXCITON DIFFUSION; GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA; LIGHT-HARVESTING ANTENNA SYSTEMS; NON-MARKOVIAN EFFECTS; VIBRATION COUPLING;

EXCITONS;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; VIBRATION;

ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; VIBRATION;

EID: 84923350494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz502701u     Document Type: Article

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