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Environment-assisted Quantum Critical Effect for Excitation Energy Transfer in a LH2-type Trimer

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In this article, we are investigating excitation energy transfer (EET) in a basic unit cell of light-harvesting complex II (LH2), named a LH2-type trimer. Calculation of energy transfer efficiency (ETE) in the framework of non-Markovian environment is also implemented. With these achievements, we theoretically predict the environment-assisted quantum critical effect, where ETE exhibits a sudden change at the critical point of quantum phase transition (QPT) for the LH2-type trimer. It is found that highly efficient EET with nearly unit efficiency may occur in the vicinity of the critical point of QPT.

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This work is supported by Foundation for University Key Teacher by the Hunan Province, Project Supported by Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Department No. 2014GK3035, and Research Fund of Hunan First Normal University No. XYS13N02.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Science, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha, 410205, China

    Lan Xu

  2. Department of Physics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China

    Bo Xu

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Xu, L., Xu, B. Environment-assisted Quantum Critical Effect for Excitation Energy Transfer in a LH2-type Trimer. Int J Theor Phys 54, 3739–3746 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-015-2612-4

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