Control of Exciton Transport using Quantum Interference

Mark T. Lusk, Charles Stafford, Jeramy D. Zimmerman, Lincoln D. Carr

Published 2015-07-09Version 1

It is shown that quantum interference can be employed to create an exciton transistor. An applied potential gates the quasi-particle motion and also discriminates between quasi-particles of differing binding energy. When implemented within nanoscale assemblies, such control elements could mediate the flow of energy and information. Quantum interference can also be used to dissociate excitons as an alternative to using heterojunctions. A finite molecular setting is employed to exhibit the underlying discrete, two-particle, mesoscopic analog to Fano anti-resonance. Selected entanglement measures are shown distinguish regimes of behavior which cannot be resolved from population dynamics alone.