https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1912.12281/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26189896urn:hackerpapers:mention:1912.12281:26189896Fri, 19 Feb 2021 04:51:56 GMT<p>I don’t know if this is what the previous poster was getting at, some there is some theoretical evidence that the absorption wavelengths used in photosynthesis are not tuned for maximum power input but for stable power input: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.12281 If this is the case it would be a motivation that is fundamentally very different than that of a multijunction solar cell.</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1912.12281/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.bio-phhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24006246urn:hackerpapers:mention:1912.12281:24006246Fri, 31 Jul 2020 06:34:31 GMT<p>&gt; It might be highly efficient to specialize in collecting just the peak energy in green light, but that would be detrimental for plants because, when the sunlight flickered, the noise from the input signal would fluctuate too wildly for the complex to regulate the energy flow. &gt; Instead, for a safe, steady energy output, the pigments of the photosystem had to be very finely tuned in a certain way. The pigments needed to absorb light at similar wavelengths to reduce the internal noise. But they also needed to absorb light at different rates to buffer against the external noise caused by…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1912.12281/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.bio-ph