Eliminating radiative losses in long-range exciton transport
arXiv:2201.13442 · doi:10.1103/PRXQuantum.3.020354
Abstract
We demonstrate that it is possible to effectively eliminate radiative losses during excitonic energy transport in systems with an intrinsic energy gradient. By considering chain-like systems of repeating `unit' cells which can each consist of multiple sites, we show that tuning a single system parameter (the intra-unit-cell coupling) leads to efficient and highly robust transport over relatively long distances. This remarkable transport performance is shown to originate from a partitioning of the system's eigenstates into energetically-separated bright and dark subspaces, allowing long range transport to proceed efficiently through a `dark chain' of eigenstates. Finally, we discuss the effects of intrinsic dipole moments, which are of particular relevance to molecular architectures, and demonstrate that appropriately-aligned dipoles can lead to additional protection against other (non-radiative) loss processes. Our dimensionless open quantum systems model is designed to be broadly applicable to a range of experimental platforms.
Accepted for publication in PRX Quantum
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