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arxiv: 1103.2944 · v2 · pith:MTAE62G6new · submitted 2011-03-15 · 🪐 quant-ph · physics.bio-ph· physics.chem-ph

The optimization topography of exciton transport

classification 🪐 quant-ph physics.bio-phphysics.chem-ph
keywords excitonquantumtransfertransportambientclassicalcomplexconfigurations
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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 that configurations of a random molecular network that optimize constructive quantum interference from input to output site yield systematically shorter transfer times than classical transport induced by ambient dephasing noise.

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