Coherence in Chemistry: Foundations and Frontiers

JD Schultz, JL Yuly, EA Arsenault, K Parker… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Coherence refers to correlations in waves. Because matter has a wave-particle nature, it is
unsurprising that coherence has deep connections with the most contemporary issues in …

Modelling exciton–phonon interactions in optically driven quantum dots

A Nazir, DPS McCutcheon - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We provide a self-contained review of master equation approaches to modelling phonon
effects in optically driven self-assembled quantum dots. Coupling of the (quasi) two-level …

[HTML][HTML] Open quantum system dynamics and the mean force Gibbs state

AS Trushechkin, M Merkli, JD Cresser… - AVS Quantum Science, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The dynamical convergence of a system to the thermal distribution, or Gibbs state, is a
standard assumption across all of the physical sciences. The Gibbs state is determined just …

Effective-Hamiltonian theory of open quantum systems at strong coupling

N Anto-Sztrikacs, A Nazir, D Segal - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
We present the reaction-coordinate polaron-transform (RCPT) framework for generating
effective-Hamiltonian models to treat nonequilibrium open quantum systems at strong …

Hyperacceleration of quantum thermalization dynamics by bypassing long-lived coherences: An analytical treatment

F Ivander, N Anto-Sztrikacs, D Segal - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
We develop a perturbative technique for solving Markovian quantum dissipative dynamics,
with the perturbation parameter being a small gap in the eigenspectrum. As an example, we …

Exact dynamics of nonadditive environments in non-Markovian open quantum systems

D Gribben, DM Rouse, J Iles-Smith, A Strathearn… - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
When a quantum system couples strongly to multiple baths, then it is generally no longer
possible to describe the resulting system dynamics by simply adding the individual effects of …

Environmental dynamics, correlations, and the emergence of noncanonical equilibrium states in open quantum systems

J Iles-Smith, N Lambert, A Nazir - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
Quantum systems are invariably open, evolving under surrounding influences rather than in
isolation. Standard open quantum system methods eliminate all information on the …

Energy transfer in structured and unstructured environments: Master equations beyond the Born-Markov approximations

J Iles-Smith, AG Dijkstra, N Lambert… - The Journal of chemical …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We explore excitonic energy transfer dynamics in a molecular dimer system coupled to both
structured and unstructured oscillator environments. By extending the reaction coordinate …

Exact states and spectra of vibrationally dressed polaritons

MA Zeb, PG Kirton, J Keeling - ACS Photonics, 2018 - ACS Publications
Strong coupling between light and matter is possible with a variety of organic materials. In
contrast to the simpler inorganic case, organic materials often have a complicated spectrum …

Mechanism of delocalization-enhanced exciton transport in disordered organic semiconductors

D Balzer, I Kassal - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Large exciton diffusion lengths generally improve the performance of organic semiconductor
devices, because they enable energy to be transported farther during the exciton lifetime …