Entangled photon pair excitation and time-frequency-filtered multidimensional photon correlation spectroscopy as a probe for dissipative exciton kinetics
In quantum aggregates, delocalized exciton states across energy manifolds interact with phonon modes, making state-resolved spectroscopic monitoring of dynamics challenging. We propose a scheme that combines photon-entanglement-enhanced narrowband excitation of two-exciton states with time-frequency-filtered two-photon coincidence counting, which allows high-resolution probing of dissipative two-exciton dynamics spread across multiple spectral and temporal windows. We demonstrate that entangled photon pairs can be used to prepare narrowband two-exciton population distributions, circumventing transport in the mediating one-exciton manifold, and the redistributed two-exciton population can be monitored using time-frequency-filtered two-photon coincidence counting. Numerical simulations for a light-harvesting aggregate highlight the ability of this protocol to suppress or amplify specific pathways under a realistic scenario. Combining entangled photonic sources with multidimensional photon correlation techniques enables promising applications in spectroscopy and sensing.
Authors
- A.K. Debnath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5429-4671)
- Shaul Mukamel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6015-3135)
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (DE)
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0339851
- Primary Topic
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00