Non-Hermitian approach for modeling of noise-assisted quantum electron transfer in photosynthetic complexes

DOI10.1002/PROP.201200069zbMATH Open1338.81424arXiv1204.0805OpenAlexW3102981194MaRDI QIDQ2812918FDOQ2812918

Authors: A. I. Nesterov, A. R. Bishop, G. P. Berman 

Publication date: 13 June 2016

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We model the quantum electron transfer (ET) in the photosynthetic reaction center (RC), using a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian approach. Our model includes (i) two protein cofactors, donor and acceptor, with discrete energy levels and (ii) a third protein pigment (sink) which has a continuous energy spectrum. Interactions are introduced between the donor and acceptor, and between the acceptor and the sink, with noise acting between the donor and acceptor. The noise is considered classically (as an external random force), and it is described by an ensemble of two-level systems (random fluctuators). Each fluctuator has two independent parameters, an amplitude and a switching rate. We represent the noise by a set of fluctuators with fitting parameters (boundaries of switching rates), which allows us to build a desired spectral density of noise in a wide range of frequencies. We analyze the quantum dynamics and the efficiency of the ET as a function of (i) the energy gap between the donor and acceptor, (ii) the strength of the interaction with the continuum, and (iii) noise parameters. As an example, numerical results are presented for the ET through the active pathway in a quinone-type photosystem II RC.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.0805

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zbMATH Keywords

noisenon-Hermitian Hamiltonianelectron transferreaction center

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Protein sequences, DNA sequences (92D20) Quantum optics (81V80) Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12) Molecular physics (81V55)

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