Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2011-05-20
Physics
Quantum Physics
9 figures, 11 pages
Scientific paper
Symmetric couplings among aggregates of $n$ chromophores increase the transfer rate of excitons by a factor $n^2$, a quantum mechanical phenomenon called "supertransfer." In this work we demonstrate how supertransfer effects induced by geometrical symmetries can enhance the exciton diffusion length by a factor $n$ along cylindrically symmetric structures, consisting of arrays of rings of chromophores, and along spiral arrays. We analyse both closed system dynamics and open quantum dynamics, modelled by combining a random bosonic bath with static disorder. In the closed system case, we use the symmetries of the system within a short-time approximation to obtain a closed analytical expression for the diffusion length that explicitly reveals the supertransfer contribution. When subject to disorder, we show that supertransfer can enhance excitonic diffusion lengths for small disorders and characterize the crossover from coherent to incoherent motion. Owing to the quasi-1D nature of the model, disorder ultimately localizes the excitons, diminishing but not destroying the effects of supertransfer. When dephasing effects are included, we study the scaling of diffusion with both time and number of chromophores and observe that the transition from a coherent, ballistic regime to an incoherent, random-walk regime occurs at the same point as the change from supertransfer to classical scaling.
Abasto Damian F.
Lloyd Seth
Mohseni Masoud
Zanardi Paolo
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