Light-harvesting efficiency cannot depend on optical coherence in the absence of orientational order
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| author | Rouse, Dominic M Kushwaha, Adesh Tomasi, Stefano Lovett, Brendon W Gauger, Erik M Kassal, Ivan |
| author_facet | Rouse, Dominic M Kushwaha, Adesh Tomasi, Stefano Lovett, Brendon W Gauger, Erik M Kassal, Ivan |
| contents | The coherence of light has been proposed as a quantum-mechanical control for enhancing light-harvesting efficiency. In particular, optical coherence can be manipulated by changing either the polarization state or spectral phase of the light. Here, we show that, in weak light, light-harvesting efficiency cannot be controlled using any form of optical coherence in molecular light-harvesting systems and, more broadly, those comprising orientationally disordered sub-units and operating on longer-than-ultrafast timescales. Under those conditions, optical coherence does not affect light-harvesting efficiency, meaning that it cannot be used for control. Specifically, polarization-state control is lost in disordered samples or when the molecules reorient on the timescales of the light-harvesting, and spectral-phase control is lost when the efficiency is time-averaged for longer than the optical coherence time. In practice, efficiency is always averaged over long times, meaning that coherent optical control is only possible through polarisation in systems with orientational order. |
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| spellingShingle | Light-harvesting efficiency cannot depend on optical coherence in the absence of orientational order Rouse, Dominic M Kushwaha, Adesh Tomasi, Stefano Lovett, Brendon W Gauger, Erik M Kassal, Ivan Chemical Physics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics The coherence of light has been proposed as a quantum-mechanical control for enhancing light-harvesting efficiency. In particular, optical coherence can be manipulated by changing either the polarization state or spectral phase of the light. Here, we show that, in weak light, light-harvesting efficiency cannot be controlled using any form of optical coherence in molecular light-harvesting systems and, more broadly, those comprising orientationally disordered sub-units and operating on longer-than-ultrafast timescales. Under those conditions, optical coherence does not affect light-harvesting efficiency, meaning that it cannot be used for control. Specifically, polarization-state control is lost in disordered samples or when the molecules reorient on the timescales of the light-harvesting, and spectral-phase control is lost when the efficiency is time-averaged for longer than the optical coherence time. In practice, efficiency is always averaged over long times, meaning that coherent optical control is only possible through polarisation in systems with orientational order. |
| title | Light-harvesting efficiency cannot depend on optical coherence in the absence of orientational order |
| topic | Chemical Physics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14771 |