Photonics of Plant Chloroplasts
Bukhanov, E.R., Volochaev, M.N., Pyatina, S.A.// Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics//
https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873823703549
It is shown that features of light propagation in plant leaves depend on the long-range ordering in chloroplasts and spectral characteristics of pigments. It is established that, allowing for the dispersion of chlorophyll’s absorption spectrum, the photonic density of states grows and the spectral peak shifts to the efficient photosynthesis wavelength range, enhancing the probability of photosynthesis.