Incoherent Control of the Retinal Isomerization in Rhodopsin
Quantum Physics
2014-08-06 v2 Soft Condensed Matter
Biological Physics
Abstract
We propose to control the retinal photoisomerization yield through the back-action dynamics imparted by a nonselective optical measurement of the molecular electronic state. This incoherent effect is easier to implement than comparable coherent pulse shaping techniques, and is also robust to environmental noise. A numerical simulation of the quantum dynamics shows that the isomerization yield of this important biomolecule can be substantially increased above the natural limit.
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@article{arxiv.1403.3203,
title = {Incoherent Control of the Retinal Isomerization in Rhodopsin},
author = {Felix Lucas and Klaus Hornberger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.3203},
year = {2014}
}
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5 pages, 3 figures