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Coherently wired light-harvesting in photosynthetic marine algae at ambient temperature

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  • Elisabetta Collini

    (Institute for Optical Sciences and Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6 Canada
    Present address: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35100, Padova, Italy.)

  • Cathy Y. Wong

    (Institute for Optical Sciences and Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6 Canada)

  • Krystyna E. Wilk

    (School of Physics and Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent’s Hospital, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia)

  • Paul M. G. Curmi

    (School of Physics and Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent’s Hospital, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia)

  • Paul Brumer

    (Institute for Optical Sciences and Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6 Canada)

  • Gregory D. Scholes

    (Institute for Optical Sciences and Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6 Canada)

Abstract

Wired for light One of the most intriguing and most studied features of photosynthesis is the exquisite efficiency with which energy can be transferred within photosynthetic complexes. A new spectroscopic study confirms earlier hints that quantum effects might be at play, by directly revealing quantum-coherent sharing of electronic excitation across 5-nm-wide photosynthetic proteins from Chroomonas CCMP270 marine algae at room temperature. The observation suggests that distant units within the proteins are 'wired' together by quantum-coherence to enhance light-harvesting efficiency.

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  • Elisabetta Collini & Cathy Y. Wong & Krystyna E. Wilk & Paul M. G. Curmi & Paul Brumer & Gregory D. Scholes, 2010. "Coherently wired light-harvesting in photosynthetic marine algae at ambient temperature," Nature, Nature, vol. 463(7281), pages 644-647, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:463:y:2010:i:7281:d:10.1038_nature08811
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08811
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