Exploring the effects of photon correlations from thermal sources on bacterial photosynthesis
Thermal light sources can produce photons with strong spatial correlations. We study the role that these correlations might potentially play in bacterial photosynthesis. Our findings show a relationship between the transversal distance between consecutive absorptions and the efficiency of the photos...
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| author | Pedro D. Manrique Felipe Caycedo-Soler Adriana De Mendoza Ferney Rodríguez Luis Quiroga Neil F. Johnson |
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| description | Thermal light sources can produce photons with strong spatial correlations. We study the role that these correlations might potentially play in bacterial photosynthesis. Our findings show a relationship between the transversal distance between consecutive absorptions and the efficiency of the photosynthetic process. Furthermore, membranes where the clustering of core complexes (so-called RC-LH1) is high, display a range where the organism profits maximally from the spatial correlation of the incoming light. By contrast, no maximum is found for membranes with low core-core clustering. We employ a detailed membrane model with state-of-the-art empirical inputs. Our results suggest that the organization of the membrane’s antenna complexes may be well-suited to the spatial correlations present in an natural light source. Future experiments will be needed to test this prediction. Keywords: Photo-bunching, Spatial correlation, Photosynthesis, Purple bacteria |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66c566ae5e0647a08bbb423973d026b82022-12-21T18:35:40ZengElsevierResults in Physics2211-37972016-01-016957960Exploring the effects of photon correlations from thermal sources on bacterial photosynthesisPedro D. Manrique0Felipe Caycedo-Soler1Adriana De Mendoza2Ferney Rodríguez3Luis Quiroga4Neil F. Johnson5Physics Department, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33126, USA; Corresponding author.Department of Physics, Universitat Ulm, GermanyDepartamento de Física, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaDepartamento de Física, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaDepartamento de Física, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaPhysics Department, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33126, USAThermal light sources can produce photons with strong spatial correlations. We study the role that these correlations might potentially play in bacterial photosynthesis. Our findings show a relationship between the transversal distance between consecutive absorptions and the efficiency of the photosynthetic process. Furthermore, membranes where the clustering of core complexes (so-called RC-LH1) is high, display a range where the organism profits maximally from the spatial correlation of the incoming light. By contrast, no maximum is found for membranes with low core-core clustering. We employ a detailed membrane model with state-of-the-art empirical inputs. Our results suggest that the organization of the membrane’s antenna complexes may be well-suited to the spatial correlations present in an natural light source. Future experiments will be needed to test this prediction. Keywords: Photo-bunching, Spatial correlation, Photosynthesis, Purple bacteriahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379716304090 |
| spellingShingle | Pedro D. Manrique Felipe Caycedo-Soler Adriana De Mendoza Ferney Rodríguez Luis Quiroga Neil F. Johnson Exploring the effects of photon correlations from thermal sources on bacterial photosynthesis Results in Physics |
| title | Exploring the effects of photon correlations from thermal sources on bacterial photosynthesis |
| title_full | Exploring the effects of photon correlations from thermal sources on bacterial photosynthesis |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the effects of photon correlations from thermal sources on bacterial photosynthesis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the effects of photon correlations from thermal sources on bacterial photosynthesis |
| title_short | Exploring the effects of photon correlations from thermal sources on bacterial photosynthesis |
| title_sort | exploring the effects of photon correlations from thermal sources on bacterial photosynthesis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379716304090 |
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