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The Role of Quantum Coherence and Geometry on the Excitonic Energy Transfer in Photosynthetic Structures
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Karimipour, Vahid (Supervisor) ; Rezakhani, Ali (Supervisor)
Abstract
It has been of great interest to know whether quantum effects can play an essential role in the biological processes. Considering that quantum features, such as coherence and entanglement,can be harnessed to perform quantum information processing tasks, which are believed to be hard classically, the question is whether nature has also exploited these features in order to enhance the performance of biological systems. Although the presence of warm and wet environment around the biological systems results in the rapid destruction of quantum effects, recent experiments reported the existence of quantum coherence in light-harvesting complexes of some photosynthetic systems.This coherence lasts...