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Probing quantum features of photosynthetic organisms
- Abstract:
- 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.
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1038/s41534-018-0110-2
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- Nature Research
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- npj Quantum Information More from this journal
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 1
- Publication date:
- 2018-11-22
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-10-29
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2056-6387
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English
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pubs:950357
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