Photon entanglement-enhanced multidimensional spectroscopy of exciton correlations in photosynthetic aggregates

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Authors: Debnath, Arunangshu, Shaul Mukamel
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Abstract

Nonlinear spectroscopic techniques using entangled photon pairs can provide an opportunity to exploit non-classical correlations encoded in two-photon wavefunctions to manipulate two-exciton wavefunctions. We propose an entangled photon pair-enhanced multidimensional spectroscopic technique that is sensitive to exciton-exciton interactions and correlations at the femtosecond timescale. Simulations for a dissipative system, namely, the photosynthetic aggregate reveal the superior ability of entangled photon pairs, compared to both transform-limited and frequency-chirped laser pulses, to manipulate excited-state absorption pathways. The corresponding spectral features in the two-dimensional spectrogram are interpreted in terms of one- and two-exciton resonances. The signal scales linearly with the incoming intensity of the photon sources. We show that classifying these resonances using entangled photon source in the perturbative limit allow for probing exciton correlations at the natural energy scale. These insights can be used to explore multi-exciton dynamics in molecular systems using multiphoton entanglement.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint