title: Quantum transport in networks and photosynthetic complexes at the steady state.
abstract: Recently, several works have analysed the efficiency of photosynthetic complexes in a transient scenario and how that efficiency is affected by environmental noise. Here, following a quantum master equation approach, we study the energy and excitation transport in fully connected networks both in general and in the particular case of the Fenna-Matthew-Olson complex. The analysis is carried out for the steady state of the system where the excitation energy is constantly "flowing" through the system. Steady state transport scenarios are particularly relevant if the evolution of the quantum system is not conditioned on the arrival of individual excitations. By adding dephasing to the system, we analyse the possibility of noise-enhancement of the quantum transport.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Carlos I de Fisica Teorica y Computacional, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. daniel.manzano@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manzano
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004735:Energy Transfer; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010788:Photosynthesis; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011789:Quantum Theory
chemical_list: D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins