0000000000846562
AUTHOR
V. May
Dissipation of vibronic energy in a dimer
Abstract The density matrix theory is used for the study of the dissipative quantum dynamics of electron transfer in a dimer. The vibrational modes of the dimer are divided into a single interaction coordinate coupling to the transfered electron and the remaining modes which form a dissipative environment. To correlate the dissipative dynamics with the exact eigenlevels computed for the model system without dissipative environment we analyse the time dependence of the expectation value of the number of vibrational quanta. We analyse the renormalisation of the eigenvalues due to the damping and the relaxation of an excitation into these states.
Electron-transfer dynamics in a donor—acceptor complex
Abstract Density matrix theory is used for the study of the dissipative quantum dynamics of electron transfer in a donor—acceptor complex. The vibrational modes of the complex are divided into a single interaction coordinate coupling to the transferred electron and the remaining modes which form a dissipative environment. With increase of the coupling of the interaction coordinate to the environment and, thus, of the corresponding damping rate of the vibrational quanta, the results of the numerical calculations display a change from the coherent to the incoherent transfer regime. In contrast to the case of small values of the damping, the transfer dynamics become independent of the number o…
Dynamic Aspects of Quasi-Particle Transfer in Molecular Electronic Devices
Abstract The importance of the dissipative quantum dynamics of molecular systems for possible future device applications is emphasized. The necessity to study in detail the respective quasi-particle transfer phenomena is discussed. As a specific example charge transfer in a molecular dimer and a molecular chain is investigated in order to demonstrate how the quantum dynamical features can be controlled by different intrinsic nonlinearities.