Expanded theory of H-and J-molecular aggregates: the effects of vibronic coupling and intermolecular charge transfer

NJ Hestand, FC Spano - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The electronic excited states of molecular aggregates and their photophysical signatures
have long fascinated spectroscopists and theoreticians alike since the advent of Frenkel …

Colloquium: Quantum coherence as a resource

A Streltsov, G Adesso, MB Plenio - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
The coherent superposition of states, in combination with the quantization of observables,
represents one of the most fundamental features that mark the departure of quantum …

Dynamics of non-Markovian open quantum systems

I De Vega, D Alonso - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
Open quantum systems (OQSs) cannot always be described with the Markov approximation,
which requires a large separation of system and environment time scales. An overview is …

Photonic quantum information processing: a review

F Flamini, N Spagnolo, F Sciarrino - Reports on Progress in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Photonic quantum technologies represent a promising platform for several applications,
ranging from long-distance communications to the simulation of complex phenomena …

Lessons from nature about solar light harvesting

GD Scholes, GR Fleming, A Olaya-Castro… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Solar fuel production often starts with the energy from light being absorbed by an assembly
of molecules; this electronic excitation is subsequently transferred to a suitable acceptor. For …

Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems

GD Scholes, GR Fleming, LX Chen, A Aspuru-Guzik… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Coherence phenomena arise from interference, or the addition, of wave-like amplitudes with
fixed phase differences. Although coherence has been shown to yield transformative ways …

Photonic quantum simulators

A Aspuru-Guzik, P Walther - Nature physics, 2012 - nature.com
Quantum simulators are controllable quantum systems that can be used to mimic other
quantum systems. They have the potential to enable the tackling of problems that are …

Quasiparticle engineering and entanglement propagation in a quantum many-body system

P Jurcevic, BP Lanyon, P Hauke, C Hempel, P Zoller… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The key to explaining and controlling a range of quantum phenomena is to study how
information propagates around many-body systems. Quantum dynamics can be described …

Quantum biology

N Lambert, YN Chen, YC Cheng, CM Li, GY Chen… - Nature Physics, 2013 - nature.com
Recent evidence suggests that a variety of organisms may harness some of the unique
features of quantum mechanics to gain a biological advantage. These features go beyond …

Simulation of open quantum systems by automated compression of arbitrary environments

M Cygorek, M Cosacchi, A Vagov, VM Axt, BW Lovett… - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Studies of the dynamics of open quantum systems are limited by the large Hilbert space of
typical environments, which is too large to be treated exactly. In some cases, approximate …