Emergence of the Macroscopic Quantum Superposition State in Microtubules

Tongcheng Wu, Keming Ren, Xijun Qiu

Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
School of Science, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2013.46099                

Abstract

Many researchers conceive communication in Microtubules (MTs), and established theoretical models to show both classical and quantum information processing. In this paper, we studied the usually neglected interactions between the electronic dipole of water molecules in microtubules and the quantized electromagnetic radiation field. We find that the emergence collective coherent radiation, and it can turn into macroscopic quantum superposition state when passing through MTs. This could have a fundamental role in the quantum information processing.

Keywords

Microtubule; Kerr Medium; Macroscopic Quantum Superposition State

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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