Quantum teleportation scheme is undoubtedly an inspiring theoretical discovery as an amazing application of quantum physics,which was experimentally realized several years later.For the purpose of quantum communicatio...Quantum teleportation scheme is undoubtedly an inspiring theoretical discovery as an amazing application of quantum physics,which was experimentally realized several years later.For the purpose of quantum communication via this scheme,an entangled ancillary pair shared by Alice and Bob is the essential ingredient,and a quantum memory in Bob’s system is necessary for him to keep the quantum state until the classical message from Alice arrives.Yet,the quantum memory remains a challenge in both technology and rationale.Here we show that quantum teleportation provides fresh perspectives in terms of an alternative scheme for global positioning system.Referring to fixed locations of Bob and Charlie,Alice can determine her relative position by comparing quantum states before and after teleporting around via Bob and Charlie successively.This may open up a new scene in the stage of the application of quantum physics without quantum memories.展开更多
In the traditional random-conformational-search model,various hypotheses with a series of meta-stable intermediate states were proposed to resolve the Levinthal paradox in protein-folding time.Here we introduce a quan...In the traditional random-conformational-search model,various hypotheses with a series of meta-stable intermediate states were proposed to resolve the Levinthal paradox in protein-folding time.Here we introduce a quantum strategy to formulate protein folding as a quantum walk on a definite graph, which provides us a g’eneral framework without making hypotheses.Evaluating it by the mean of first passage time,we find that the folding time via our quantum approach is much shorter than the one obtained via.classical random walks.This idea is expected to evoke more insights for future studies.展开更多
We study the protein folding problem on the base of our quantum approach by considering the model of protein chain with nine amino-acid residues.We introduce the concept of distance space and its projections on a XY-p...We study the protein folding problem on the base of our quantum approach by considering the model of protein chain with nine amino-acid residues.We introduce the concept of distance space and its projections on a XY-plane,and two characteristic quantities,one is called compactness of protein structure and another is called probability ratio involving shortest path.The concept of shortest path enables us to reduce the 388×388 density matrix to a 2×2 one from which the von Neumann entropy reflecting certain quantum coherence feature is naturally defined.We observe the time evolution of average distance and compactness solved from the classical random walk and quantum walk,we also compare the features of the time-dependence of Shannon entropy and von Neumann entropy.All the results not only reveal the fast quantum folding time but also unveil the existence of quantum intelligence hidden behind in choosing protein folding pathways.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFA0304304)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11935012)。
文摘Quantum teleportation scheme is undoubtedly an inspiring theoretical discovery as an amazing application of quantum physics,which was experimentally realized several years later.For the purpose of quantum communication via this scheme,an entangled ancillary pair shared by Alice and Bob is the essential ingredient,and a quantum memory in Bob’s system is necessary for him to keep the quantum state until the classical message from Alice arrives.Yet,the quantum memory remains a challenge in both technology and rationale.Here we show that quantum teleportation provides fresh perspectives in terms of an alternative scheme for global positioning system.Referring to fixed locations of Bob and Charlie,Alice can determine her relative position by comparing quantum states before and after teleporting around via Bob and Charlie successively.This may open up a new scene in the stage of the application of quantum physics without quantum memories.
基金Supported by National Key R&D Program of China under Grant No 2017YFA0304304partially by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘In the traditional random-conformational-search model,various hypotheses with a series of meta-stable intermediate states were proposed to resolve the Levinthal paradox in protein-folding time.Here we introduce a quantum strategy to formulate protein folding as a quantum walk on a definite graph, which provides us a g’eneral framework without making hypotheses.Evaluating it by the mean of first passage time,we find that the folding time via our quantum approach is much shorter than the one obtained via.classical random walks.This idea is expected to evoke more insights for future studies.
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFA0304304)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11935012)
文摘We study the protein folding problem on the base of our quantum approach by considering the model of protein chain with nine amino-acid residues.We introduce the concept of distance space and its projections on a XY-plane,and two characteristic quantities,one is called compactness of protein structure and another is called probability ratio involving shortest path.The concept of shortest path enables us to reduce the 388×388 density matrix to a 2×2 one from which the von Neumann entropy reflecting certain quantum coherence feature is naturally defined.We observe the time evolution of average distance and compactness solved from the classical random walk and quantum walk,we also compare the features of the time-dependence of Shannon entropy and von Neumann entropy.All the results not only reveal the fast quantum folding time but also unveil the existence of quantum intelligence hidden behind in choosing protein folding pathways.
