Non-Markovianity in photosynthetic reaction centers: a noise-induced quantum coherence perspective

• DOI: 10.1364/optcon.459740
• Publication Date: 2022-07-26T16:33:33Z
• Authors: Zibo Wang; Antonio V. Lim; Imran M. Mirza
• Keywords: Quantum Physics; 0103 physical sciences; FOS: Physical sciences; Quantum Physics (quant-ph); 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy

The long-standing problem of nearly perfect photosynthetic yield in some types bacteria and all kinds plants despite the interaction with a hot noisy environment has witnessed quantum optical explanations last decade or so. Typically these explanations, reaction centers are modeled as five-level heat engines where generation Fano-type interference due to coupling discrete state transitions common Markovian reservoir is held responsible for enhancement efficiency. In this work, we go beyond Born-Markov approximation used earlier works study impact non-Markovian environments Lorentzian spectral densities on dynamics light-harvesting complexes.