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Memory is the fundamental form of temporal complexity: when present but uncontrollable, it manifests as non-Markovian noise; conversely, if controllable, memory can be a powerful resource for information processing. Memory effects arise…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-07 Philip Taranto , Marco Túlio Quintino , Mio Murao , Simon Milz

There are many controversial and challenging discussions about quantum effects in microscopic structures in neurons of the human brain. The challenge is mainly because of quick decoherence of quantum states due to hot, wet and noisy…

Biological Physics · Physics 2015-03-18 V. Salari , N. Moradi , F. Fazileh , F. Shahbazi

We propose a model of processing of information in the brain which has the following distinguishing features: a). It is quantum-like (QL). The brain uses the quantum rule (given by von Neumann trace formula) for calculation of averages for…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2010-08-03 Andrei Yu. Khrennikov

This manuscript aims to illustrate a quantum-classical dissipative theory (suited to be converted to effective algorithms for numerical simulations) within the long-term project of studying molecular processes in the brain. Other…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-03-04 Alessandro Sergi , Antonino Messina , Rosalba Saija , Gabriella Martino , Maria Teresa Caccamo , Min-Fang Kuo , Michael A. Nitsche

The information in quantum computers is often stored in identical two-level systems (spins or pseudo-spins) that are separated by a distance shorter than the characteristic wavelength of a reservoir which is responsible for decoherence. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Shoko Utsunomiya , Cyrus P. Master , Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Quantum states are described by wave functions whose phases cannot be directly measured, but which play a vital role in quantum effects such as interference and entanglement. The loss of the relative phase information, termed decoherence,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-12-20 Jia Chen , Cong Hu , John F. Stanton , Stephen Hill , Hai-Ping Cheng , Xiao-Guang Zhang

The fundamental problem of the transition from quantum to classical physics is usually explained by decoherence, and viewed as a gradual process. The study of entanglement, or quantum correlations, in noisy quantum computers implies that in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Dorit Aharonov

In this paper the authors extend [1] and provide more details of how the brain may act like a quantum computer. In particular, positing the difference between voltages on two axons as the environment for ions undergoing spatial…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2022-11-15 Aman Chawla , Salvatore Domenic Morgera

The decoherence of a qubit due to a classical non-Gaussian noise with correlation time longer than the decoherence time is discussed for arbitrary working points of the qubit. A method is developed that allows an exact formula for the phase…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Bergli , Y. M. Galperin , B. L. Altshuler

We study decoherence of propagating spin-1/2 excitations in generic (non-integrable and/or disordered) spin chains. We find the relevant decoherence times to be shorter in both the near-critical and diffusive regimes (if any), which fact…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 D. V. Khveshchenko

Decoherence of quantum states is a major hurdle towards scalable and reliable quantum computing. Lower decoherence (i.e., higher fidelity) can alleviate the error correction overhead and obviate the need for energy-intensive noise reduction…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-04-10 Abdullah Ash Saki , Mahabubul Alam , Swaroop Ghosh

Decoherence is an essential mechanism that defines the boundary between classical and quantum behaviours, while imposing technological bounds for quantum devices. Little is known about quantum coherence of mechanical systems, as opposed to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-26 Olivier Maillet , Frantisek Vavrek , Andrew D. Fefferman , Olivier Bourgeois , Eddy Collin

Decoherence is the phenomenon of non-unitary dynamics that arises as a consequence of coupling between a system and its environment. It has important harmful implications for quantum information processing, and various solutions to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Daniel A. Lidar , K. Birgitta Whaley

We investigate the influence of spontaneous symmetry breaking on the decoherence of a many-particle quantum system. This decoherence process is analyzed in an exactly solvable model system that is known to be representative of symmetry…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 Jasper van Wezel , Jeroen van den Brink , Jan Zaanen

The effect of the inevitable coupling to external degrees of freedom of a quantum computer are examined. It is found that for quantum calculations (in which the maintenance of coherence over a large number of states is important), not only…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 W. G. Unruh

We consider whether quantum coherence in the form of mutual entanglement between a pair of qubits is susceptible to decay that may be more rapid than the decay of the coherence of either qubit individually. An instance of potential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Ting Yu , J. H. Eberly

Quantum computing and the workings of the brain have many aspects in common and have been attracting increasing attention in academia and industry. The computation in both is parallel and non-discrete. Though the underlying physical…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2019-11-14 Yasunao Katayama

In this study, we propose a spin-star model for spin-(1/2) particles in order to examine the coherence dynamics of a quantum neural network (QNN) unit. Since quantum computing paradigm promises advantages over their classical counterparts,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-03 Deniz Türkpençe , Tahir Çetin Akıncı , Serhat Şeker

We consider quantum formalism limited by the classical simulating computer with the fixed memory. The memory is redistributed in the course of modeling by the variation of the set of classical states and the accuracy of the representation…

General Physics · Physics 2023-06-14 Yu. I. Ozhigov

The study and control of coherence in quantum systems is one of the most exciting recent developments in physics. Quantum coherence plays a crucial role in emerging quantum technologies as well as fundamental experiments. A major obstacle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-04 Daniel Oi , Sophie Schirmer