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We show that finite-size, disordered molecular networks can mediate highly efficient, coherent excitation transfer which is robust against ambient dephasing and associated with strong multi-site entanglement. Such optimal, random molecular…

The molecular photo cell, i.e., a single molecule donor-acceptor complex, beside being technologically important, is a paradigmatic example of a many-body system operating in strong non-equilibrium. The quantum transport and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-06 Subhajit Sarkar , Yonatan Dubi

Coherent energy transfer in pigment-protein complexes has been studied by mapping the quantum network to a kinetic network. This gives an analytic way to find parameter values for optimal transfer efficiency. In the case of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-01-30 David K Moser

A simple statistical model for the effects of dephasing on electron transport in one-dimensional quantum systems is introduced, which allows to adjust the degree of phase and momentum randomization independently. Hence, the model is able to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-30 Thomas Stegmann , Matías Zilly , Orsolya Ujsághy , Dietrich E. Wolf

A generic and intuitive model for coherent energy transport in multiple minima systems coupled to a quantum mechanical bath is shown. Using a simple spin-boson system, we illustrate how a generic donor-acceptor system can be brought into…

Biological Physics · Physics 2014-06-24 Tristan Farrow , Vlatko Vedral

Environmental noise usually hinders the efficiency of charge transport through coherent quantum systems; an exception is dephasing-assisted transport (DAT). We show that linear triple quantum dots in a transport configuration and subjected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-25 L. D. Contreras-Pulido , M. Bruderer , S. F. Huelga , M. B. Plenio

We demonstrate that repeated measurements in disordered systems can induce quantum anti-Zeno effect under certain condition to enhance quantum transport. The enhancement of energy transfer is really exhibited with a simple model under…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-30 Keisuke Fujii , Katsuji Yamamoto

Environment-assisted quantum transport (ENAQT) is a unique situation where environmental noise can, counterintuitively, enhance the transport of an open quantum system. In this paper, we investigate how the presence of a one-dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-07 Donny Dwiputra , Freddy P. Zen

The investigation of the phenomenon of dephasing assisted quantum transport, which happens when the presence of dephasing benefits the efficiency of this process, has been mainly focused on Markovian scenarios associated with constant and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-27 Saulo V. Moreira , Breno Marques , Fernando L. Semião

We study the environment-assisted enhancement of the excitation-transport efficiency across a network of interacting quantum particles or sites. Our study reveals a crucial influence of the network configuration - and especially its degree…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-25 James Cormican , Lorenzo Stella , Mauro Paternostro

This study investigates quantum energy teleportation (QET) using stochastic bi-partitioning in an $N-$body Hamiltonian system. In this protocol, project measurements are performed on $(N - m)$ qubits to capture quantum fluctuation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-08 Zhirong Xun , Changliang Ren

Stunningly large exciton transfer rates in the light harvesting complex of photosynthesis, together with recent experimental 2D spectroscopic data, have spurred a vivid debate on the possible quantum origin of such efficiency. Here we show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-29 Torsten Scholak , Thomas Wellens , Andreas Buchleitner

We study the interplay between dephasing, disorder, and openness on transport efficiency in a one-dimensional chain of finite length $N$, and in particular the beneficial or detrimental effect of dephasing on transport. The excitation moves…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-08 Yang Zhang , G. Luca Celardo , Fausto Borgonovi , Lev Kaplan

The spreading of a particle along a chain, and its relaxation, are central themes in statistical and quantum mechanics. One wonders what are the consequences of the interplay between coherent and stochastic transitions. This fundamental…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-06-26 Dekel Shapira , Doron Cohen

We construct a dissipation induced quantum transport scheme by coupling a finite lattice of $N$ two-level systems to an environment with a discrete number of energy levels. With the environment acting as a reservoir of energy excitations,…

We numerically study excitation transfer in an artificial LH1-RC complex -- an $N$-site donor ring coupled to a central acceptor -- driven by a narrowband optical mode and evolved under a Lindblad master equation with loss and dephasing. In…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-27 Stephon Alexander , Roger Andrews , Oliver Fox , Sarben Sarkar

The dynamics of the excitation energy transfer (EET) in photosynthetic complexes is an interesting question both from the perspective of fundamental understanding and the research in artificial photosynthesis. Challenges persist in…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-06-25 Amartya Bose , Peter L. Walters

Understanding and controlling quantum transport in low-dimensional systems is pivotal for heat management at the nanoscale. One promising strategy to obtain the desired transport properties is to engineer particular spectral structures. In…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-04-27 Cecilia Chiaracane , Archak Purkayastha , Mark T. Mitchison , John Goold

Recent theoretical and experimental efforts have shown the remarkable and counter-intuitive role of noise in enhancing the transport efficiency of complex systems. Here, we realize simple, scalable, and controllable optical fiber cavity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-26 Silvia Viciani , Manuela Lima , Marco Bellini , Filippo Caruso

Quantum transport in disordered systems poses intriguing fundamental questions about the interplay of disorder, interactions, and decoherence, with important implications for nanoscale energy transfer and quantum information transfer. Here,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 Roi Nevo , Brett Min , Maggie Lawrence , Dvira Segal , Nir Bar-Gill