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Quantum corrections of the truncated Wigner approximation applied to an exciton transport model

Anton Ivanov* and Heinz-Peter Breuer

  • Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, Herrmann-Herder-Straße 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany

  • *anton.ivanov@physik.uni-freiburg.de

Phys. Rev. E 95, 042115 – Published 10 April, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.042115

Abstract

We modify the path integral representation of exciton transport in open quantum systems such that an exact description of the quantum fluctuations around the classical evolution of the system is possible. As a consequence, the time evolution of the system observables is obtained by calculating the average of a stochastic difference equation which is weighted with a product of pseudoprobability density functions. From the exact equation of motion one can clearly identify the terms that are also present if we apply the truncated Wigner approximation. This description of the problem is used as a basis for the derivation of a new approximation, whose validity goes beyond the truncated Wigner approximation. To demonstrate this we apply the formalism to a donor-acceptor transport model.

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