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Ivan Barvik

Publications and source records attributed to Ivan Barvik.

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arXiv2001

Exciton scattering in light-harvesting systems of purple bacteria

Using the reduced density matrix formalism the exciton scattering in light-harvesting systems of purple bacteria is calculated. The static disorder (fluctuations of the site energies) as well as the dynamic disorder (dissipation) is taken into account in this work. Circular aggregates with 18 pigments are studied to model the B850 ring of bacteriochlorophylls with LH2 complexes. It can be shown that the influence of dissipation may not be neglected in the simulation of the time-dependent anisotropy of fluorescence. Also an elliptical deformation of the ring could be essential.

physics.chem-ph↗

arXiv2001

Influence of Static and Dynamic Disorder on the Anisotropy of Emission in the Ring Antenna Subunits of Purple Bacteria Photosynthetic Systems

Using the reduced density matrix formalism the time dependence of the exciton scattering in light-harvesting ring systems of purple bacteria is calculated. In contrast to the work of Kumble and Hochstrasser (J. Chem. Phys. 109 (1998) 855) static disorder (fluctuations of the site energies) as well as dynamic disorder (dissipation) is taken into account. For the description of dissipation we use Redfield theory in exciton eigenstates without secular approximation. This is shown to be equivalent to the Markovian limit of Capek's theory in local states. Circular aggregates with 18 pigments are studied to model the B850 ring of bacteriochlorophyls within LH2 complexes. It can be demonstrated that the dissipation is important for the time-dependent anisotropy of the fluorescence. Smaller values of static disorder are sufficient to produce the same decay rates in the anisotropy in comparison with the results by Kumble and Hochstrasser.

physics.chem-ph↗

arXiv1996

Transfer and Decay of an Exciton Coupled to Vibrations in a Dimer

Transfer and decay dynamics of an exciton coupled to a polarization vibration in a dimer is investigated in a mixed quantum-classical picture with the exciton decay incorporated by a sink site. Using a separation of time scales, it is possible to explain analytically the most important characteristics of the model. If the vibronic subsystem is fast, these are the enhancement of nonlinear self trapping due to the sink and the slowing down of the exciton decay for large coupling or sink strength. Numerical results obtained recently for the DST approximation to the model are quantitatively explained and new dynamic effects beyond this approximation are found. If the vibronic subsystem is slow, the behavior of the system follows closely the predictions of the adiabatic approximation. In this regime, the exciton decay crucially depends on the initial conditions of the vibronic subsystem. In the transition regime between adiabatic and DST approximation, complex dynamics is observed by numerical computation. We discuss the correspondence to the chaotic behavior of the excitonic-vibronic coupled dimer without trap.

cond-mat↗

arXiv1995

Nonlinearity and trapping in excitation transfer: Dimers and Trimers.

We study the interplay between nonlinearity in exciton transport and trapping due to a sink site for the dimer and the trimer with chain configuration by a numerical integration of the discrete nonlinear Schroedinger equation. Our results for the dimer show, that the formation of a self trapped state due to the nonlinear coupling increases the life time of the exciton substantially. Self trapping can be enhanced by the sink for short times, but for long times it disappears. In the trimer consisting of a subdimer extended by a sink site exists a transition between states localized on the two sites of the subdimer before for larger nonlinear coupling self trapping on one site of the subdimer is observed. For large trapping rates the fear of death effect leads to an increasing life time of the excitation on both, the dimer and the trimer. The sink site is then effectively decoupled. We explain this effect using an asymptotic theory for strong trapping and demonstrate it by direct numerical computation.

chem-ph↗