Probing quantum features of photosynthetic organisms
| Autor: | Chiara Marletto, Tomasz Paterek, Mauro Paternostro, Tanjung Krisnanda, Vlatko Vedral |
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| Přispěvatelé: | School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Computer Networks and Communications FOS: Physical sciences Science::Physics [DRNTU] Quantum entanglement 01 natural sciences lcsh:QA75.5-76.95 Quantitative Biology::Subcellular Processes Quantum Features 03 medical and health sciences Quantum mechanics 0103 physical sciences Computer Science (miscellaneous) 010306 general physics Quantum Physics Quantum discord Quantum Physics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Photosynthetic lcsh:QC1-999 030104 developmental biology Computational Theory and Mathematics Strong coupling lcsh:Electronic computers. Computer science Quantum Physics (quant-ph) lcsh:Physics |
| Zdroj: | npj Quantum Information, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018) npj Quantum Information |
| ISSN: | 2056-6387 |
| Popis: | Recent experiments have demonstrated strong coupling between living bacteria and light. Here we propose a scheme capable of revealing non-classical features of the bacteria (quantum discord of light-bacteria correlations) without exact modelling of the organisms and their interactions with external world. The scheme puts the bacteria in a role of mediators of quantum entanglement between otherwise non-interacting probing light modes. We then propose a plausible model of this experiment, using recently achieved parameters, demonstrating the feasibility of the scheme. Within this model we find that the steady state entanglement between the probes, which does not depend on the initial conditions, is accompanied by entanglement between the probes and bacteria, and provides independent evidence of the strong coupling between them. Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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