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Phase directed excitonic transport and its limitations due to environmental influence

Quantum Physics 2011-02-01 v1 Chemical Physics

Abstract

We investigate theoretically the transfer of excitation along a one dimensional chain of monomers for a situation in which initially the excitation is shared coherently by two monomers. We show that depending on the relative phase between the two monomers strong directionality of the energy transfer is possible. It is also investigated how dephasing, induced by an environment, influences this directed transport.

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@article{arxiv.1010.4325,
  title  = {Phase directed excitonic transport and its limitations due to environmental influence},
  author = {Alexander Eisfeld},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.4325},
  year   = {2011}
}