Non-radiative excitation transfer - TS05

In this fifth tutorial of the series we add another two state system (TSS) into the mix and, by following the same journey as in tutorial 4, we find that not only is boson emission and absorption possible but also the transfer of energy from one TSS to the other without any bosons being involved ? .

In order to sense check that such non radiative processes are possible, we make the connection to the classical electromagnetic near field and highlight the long recognised importance of “excitation transfer” in photosynthesis in plants. 

We’re excited that we can see such fascinating (and somewhat counterintuitive) physics within a simple model and with widely available computational tools - we hope you will be too - 05-excitation-transfer.ipynb

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This notebook is the fifth tutorial in a series that explores the dynamics of two-state-quantum-systems