Physics – Condensed Matter – Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Scientific paper
2004-07-21
Physics
Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
14 pages, 7 figures, submitted to J. Chem. Phys
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.1807825
We study the linear optical properties of helical cylindrical molecular aggregates accounting for the effects of static diagonal disorder. Absorption, linear dichroism, and circular dichroism spectra are presented, calculated using brute force numerical simulations and a modified version of the coherent potential approximation that accounts for finite size effects. Excellent agreement between both approaches is found. It is also shown that the inclusion of disorder results in a better agreement between calculated and measured spectra for the chlorosomes of green bacteria as compared to our previous report, where we restricted ourselves to homogeneous cylinders [J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 11474 (2002)]. We also investigate the localization properties of the excitons responsible for the optical response. By analyzing an autocorrelation function of the exciton wave function, we find a strongly anisotropic localization behavior, closely following the properties of chiral wave functions which previously have been found for homogenoeus helical cylinders [J. Chem. Phys. 121, 946 (2004)]. It is shown that the circular dichroism spectrum may still show a strong dependence on the cylinder length, even when the exciton wave function is localized in a region small compared to the cylinder's size.
Didraga C.
Knoester Jasper
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