Re:Study: Quantum biology – algae evolved to switch quantum ...
by maxander on Sunday November 15, 2015 @01:26PM
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My (vague) understanding of the phenomenon being discussed is that it was discovered that, in some of the proteins involved in photosynthesis, the electrons were passed around via multiple, quantum-entangled pathways. This allows (supposedly!) better energy transmission than classical physics would.
Foremost, coherence is a property of tbe light and I dont see any queezing or fock states so the quantum nature is not important. Does the absoption process happen coherently with other protiens? Would this reduce the total amount of light possible to absorb as it requires rejecting the incoherent photons?
What are these guys talking about?!