Quantum phase synchronization via exciton-vibrational energy dissipation sustains long-lived coherence in photosynthetic antennas

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 3171 - 10
• Main Authors: Zhu, Ruidan, Li, Wenjun, Zhen, Zhanghe, Zou, Jiading, Liao, Guohong, Wang, Jiayu, Wang, Zhuan, Chen, Hailong, Qin, Song, Weng, Yuxiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 12.04.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 140/125; 639/638/439/943; 639/638/440/948; 639/766/94; 82/80; 82/83; Amplitudes; Antennas; Chromophores; Coherence; Coupled modes; Dimers; Electronic spectroscopy; Energy dissipation; Energy transfer; Excitation; Excitons; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Photosynthesis; Pigments; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Synchronism; Synchronization

The lifetime of electronic coherences found in photosynthetic antennas is known to be too short to match the energy transfer time, rendering the coherent energy transfer mechanism inactive. Exciton-vibrational coherence time in excitonic dimers which consist of two chromophores coupled by excitation...