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Self‐trapping of vibrational energy
Author(s) -
Scott Alwyn C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.4650041113
Subject(s) - anharmonicity , trapping , mechanism (biology) , energy transport , physics , soliton , quantum , vibrational energy , quantum mechanics , statistical physics , engineering physics , nonlinear system , biology , ecology , molecule
The current status of Davydov's soliton mechanism for the storage and transport of vibrational energy in biomolecules is reviewed. It is concluded that this mechanism should be viable under normal physiological conditions. Davydov's analysis is extended to the discrete self‐trapping (DST) system which is a convenient model for exploring the relations between classical anharmonic effects (solitons, local modes, chaos, etc.) and their quantum descriptions.