Superradiance at the localization-delocalization crossover in tubular chlorosomes

作者:Molina Rafael A*; Benito Matias Enrique; Somoza Alejandro D; Chen Lipeng; Zhao Yang
来源:Physical Review E, 2016, 93(2): 022414.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.022414

摘要

We study the effect of disorder on spectral properties of tubular chlorosomes in green sulfur bacteria Cf. aurantiacus. Employing a Frenkel-exciton Hamiltonian with diagonal and off-diagonal disorder consistent with spectral and structural studies, we analyze excitonic localization and spectral statistics of the chlorosomes. A size-dependent localization-delocalization crossover is found to occur as a function of the excitonic energy. The crossover energy region coincides with the more optically active states with maximized superradiance and is, consequently, more conducive for energy transfer.

  • 出版日期2016-2-23
  • 单位南阳理工学院