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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 115(6): 1221-1226, 2018 02 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29348200

RESUMEN

How useful can machine learning be in a quantum laboratory? Here we raise the question of the potential of intelligent machines in the context of scientific research. A major motivation for the present work is the unknown reachability of various entanglement classes in quantum experiments. We investigate this question by using the projective simulation model, a physics-oriented approach to artificial intelligence. In our approach, the projective simulation system is challenged to design complex photonic quantum experiments that produce high-dimensional entangled multiphoton states, which are of high interest in modern quantum experiments. The artificial intelligence system learns to create a variety of entangled states and improves the efficiency of their realization. In the process, the system autonomously (re)discovers experimental techniques which are only now becoming standard in modern quantum optical experiments-a trait which was not explicitly demanded from the system but emerged through the process of learning. Such features highlight the possibility that machines could have a significantly more creative role in future research.

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J Chem Phys ; 141(5): 054107, 2014 Aug 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25106570

RESUMEN

We formulate a multiple-encounter model of the radical pair mechanism that is based on a random coupling of the radical pair to a minimal model environment. These occasional pulse-like couplings correspond to the radical encounters and give rise to both dephasing and recombination. While this is in agreement with the original model of Haberkorn and its extensions that assume additional dephasing, we show how a nonlinear master equation may be constructed to describe the conditional evolution of the radical pairs prior to the detection of their recombination. We propose a nonlinear master equation for the evolution of an ensemble of independently evolving radical pairs whose nonlinearity depends on the record of the fluorescence signal. We also reformulate Haberkorn's original argument on the physicality of reaction operators using the terminology of quantum optics/open quantum systems. Our model allows one to describe multiple encounters within the exponential model and connects this with the master equation approach. We include hitherto neglected effects of the encounters, such as a separate dephasing in the triplet subspace, and predict potential new effects, such as Grover reflections of radical spins, that may be observed if the strength and time of the encounters can be experimentally controlled.

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Chem Phys Lett ; 572: 106-110, 2013 May 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25843962

RESUMEN

The yield of radical pair reactions is influenced by magnetic fields well beyond the levels expected from energy considerations. This dependence can be traced back to the microscopic dynamics of electron spins and constitutes the basis of chemical compasses. Here we propose a new experimental approach based on molecular photoswitches to achieve additional control on the chemical reaction and allow short-time resolution of the spin dynamics. Our proposal enables experiments to test some of the standard assumptions of the radical pair model and improves the sensitivity of a paradigmatic model of chemical magnetometer by up to two orders of magnitude.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 104(22): 220405, 2010 Jun 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20867153

RESUMEN

The Hong-Ou-Mandel effect is generalized to a configuration of n bosons prepared in the n input ports of a Bell multiport beam splitter. We derive a strict suppression law for most possible output events, consistent with a generic bosonic behavior after suitable coarse graining.

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Photochem Photobiol ; 89(2): 259-73, 2013.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23216105

RESUMEN

The photoreceptor phytochrome switches photochromically between two thermally stable states called Pr and Pfr. Here, we summarize recent solid-state magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR work on this conversion process and interpret the functional mechanism in terms of a nano-machine. The process is initiated by a double-bond photoisomerization of the open-chain tetrapyrrole chromophore at the methine bridge connecting pyrrole rings C and D. The Pr-state chromophore and its surrounding pocket in canonical cyanobacterial and plant phytochromes has significantly less order, tends to form isoforms and is soft. Conversely, Pfr shows significantly harder chromophore-protein interactions, a well-defined protonic and charge distribution with a clear classical counterion for the positively charged tetrapyrrole system. The soft-to-hard/disorder-to-order transition involves the chromophore and its protein surroundings within a sphere of at least 5.5 Å. The relevance of this collective event for signaling is discussed. Measurement of the intermediates during the Pfr → Pr back-reaction provides insight into the well-adjusted mechanics of a two-step transformation. As both Pr → Pfr and Pfr → Pr reaction pathways are different in ground and excited states, a photochemically controlled hyper-landscape is proposed allowing for ratchet-type reaction dynamics regulating signaling activity.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas Bacterianas/química , Fitocromo/química , Proteínas de Plantas/química , Protones , Tetrapirroles/química , Cianobacterias/química , Espectroscopía de Resonancia Magnética , Modelos Moleculares , Plantas/química , Conformación Proteica , Isoformas de Proteínas/química , Transducción de Señal , Electricidad Estática
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Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci ; 370(1975): 4517-40, 2012 Sep 28.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22908340

RESUMEN

Contrary to the usual picture that decoherence destroys quantum properties and causes the quantum-to-classical transition, we argue that decoherence can also play a constructive role in driving quantum dynamics and amplifying its results to macroscopic scales. We support this perspective by presenting an example system from spin chemistry, which is also of importance for biological systems, e.g. in avian magnetoreception.


Asunto(s)
Aves/fisiología , Campos Magnéticos , Modelos Biológicos , Modelos Químicos , Teoría Cuántica , Sensación/fisiología , Animales , Radicales Libres/química , Percepción Espacial/fisiología
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Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci ; 370(1972): 3771-86, 2012 Aug 13.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22753825

RESUMEN

We revisit critically the recent claims, inspired by quantum optics and quantum information, that there is entanglement in the biological pigment-protein complexes, and that it is responsible for the high transport efficiency. While unexpectedly long coherence times were experimentally demonstrated, the existence of entanglement is, at the moment, a purely theoretical conjecture; it is this conjecture that we analyse. As demonstrated by a toy model, a similar transport phenomenology can be obtained without generating entanglement. Furthermore, we also argue that, even if entanglement does exist, it is purely incidental and seems to play no essential role for the transport efficiency. We emphasize that our paper is not a proof that entanglement does not exist in light-harvesting complexes-this would require a knowledge of the system and its parameters well beyond the state of the art. Rather, we present a counter-example to the recent claims of entanglement, showing that the arguments, as they stand at the moment, are not sufficiently justified and hence cannot be taken as a proof for the existence of entanglement, let alone of its essential role, in the excitation transport.


Asunto(s)
Transferencia de Energía/fisiología , Complejos de Proteína Captadores de Luz/química , Complejos de Proteína Captadores de Luz/fisiología , Modelos Biológicos , Modelos Químicos , Fotosíntesis/fisiología , Transferencia de Energía/efectos de la radiación , Luz , Complejos de Proteína Captadores de Luz/efectos de la radiación , Fotosíntesis/efectos de la radiación , Teoría Cuántica
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Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 86(6 Pt 1): 061118, 2012 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23367904

RESUMEN

We analyze the steady-state energy transfer in a chain of coupled two-level systems connecting two thermal reservoirs. Through an analytic treatment we find that the energy current is independent of the system size, hence violating Fourier's law of heat conduction. The classical diffusive behavior in Fourier's law of heat conduction can be recovered by introducing decoherence to the quantum systems constituting the chain. We relate these results to recent discussions of energy transport in biological light-harvesting systems, and discuss the role of quantum coherence and entanglement.


Asunto(s)
Biofisica/métodos , Conductividad Térmica , Difusión , Calor , Complejos de Proteína Captadores de Luz/metabolismo , Modelos Estadísticos , Fotosíntesis/fisiología , Teoría Cuántica , Temperatura
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Phys Rev Lett ; 101(17): 170502, 2008 Oct 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18999731

RESUMEN

We provide a relation which describes how the entanglement of two d-level systems evolves as either system undergoes an arbitrary physical process. The dynamics of the entanglement turns out to be of a simple form and is fully captured by a single quantity.

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