Environment-Assisted Quantum Transport

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dc.creatorRebentrost, Patrick
dc.creatorMohseni, Masoud
dc.creatorKassal, Ivan
dc.creatorLloyd, Seth
dc.creatorAspuru-Guzik, Alán
dc.date2008-07-07
dc.date2009-02-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:16:57Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:16:57Z
dc.descriptionTransport phenomena at the nanoscale are of interest due to the presence of both quantum and classical behavior. In this work, we demonstrate that quantum transport efficiency can be enhanced by a dynamical interplay of the system Hamiltonian with pure dephasing induced by a fluctuating environment. This is in contrast to fully coherent hopping that leads to localization in disordered systems, and to highly incoherent transfer that is eventually suppressed by the quantum Zeno effect. We study these phenomena in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein complex as a prototype for larger photosynthetic energy transfer systems. We also show that disordered binary tree structures exhibit enhanced transport in the presence of dephasing.
dc.description7 pages, 3 figures, improved presentation, to appear in New Journal of Physics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0807.0929
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0807.0929
dc.identifierNew J. Phys. 11, 033003 (2009)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/3/033003
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/230959
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleEnvironment-Assisted Quantum Transport
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