Long-lived excitonic coherence in photosynthetic proteins has become an exciting area of research because it may provide design principles for enhancing the efficiency of energy transfer in a broad range of materials. In this publication, we provide new evidence that long-lived excitonic coherence in the Fenna-Mathew-Olson pigment-protein (FMO) complex is consistent with the assumption of cross correlation in the site basis, indicating that each site shares bath fluctuations. We analyze the structure and character of the beating crosspeak between the two lowest energy excitons in two-dimensional (2D) electronic spectra of the FMO Complex. To isolate this dynamic signature, we use the two-dimensional linear prediction Z-transform as a platform for filtering coherent beating signatures within 2D spectra. By separating signals into components in frequency and decay rate representations, we are able to improve resolution and isolate specific coherences. This strategy permits analysis of the shape, position, character, and phase of these features. Simulations of the crosspeak between excitons 1 and 2 in FMO under different regimes of cross correlation verify that statistically independent site fluctuations do not account for the elongation and persistence of the dynamic crosspeak. To reproduce the experimental results, we invoke near complete correlation in the fluctuations experienced by the sites associated with excitons 1 and 2. This model contradicts ab initio quantum mechanic/molecular mechanics simulations that observe no correlation between the energies of individual sites. This contradiction suggests that a new physical model for long-lived coherence may be necessary. The data presented here details experimental results that must be reproduced for a physical model of quantum coherence in photosynthetic energy transfer.
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14 March 2012
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March 12 2012
Signatures of correlated excitonic dynamics in two-dimensional spectroscopy of the Fenna-Matthew-Olson photosynthetic complex
Justin R. Caram;
Justin R. Caram
Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute,
The University of Chicago
, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Nicholas H. C. Lewis;
Nicholas H. C. Lewis
Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute,
The University of Chicago
, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Andrew F. Fidler;
Andrew F. Fidler
Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute,
The University of Chicago
, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Gregory S. Engel
Gregory S. Engel
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Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute,
The University of Chicago
, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Justin R. Caram
Nicholas H. C. Lewis
Andrew F. Fidler
Gregory S. Engel
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Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute,
The University of Chicago
, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
a)
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: [email protected].
J. Chem. Phys. 136, 104505 (2012)
Article history
Received:
November 16 2011
Accepted:
February 11 2012
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Justin R. Caram, Nicholas H. C. Lewis, Andrew F. Fidler, Gregory S. Engel; Signatures of correlated excitonic dynamics in two-dimensional spectroscopy of the Fenna-Matthew-Olson photosynthetic complex. J. Chem. Phys. 14 March 2012; 136 (10): 104505. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3690498
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