{
  "id": "quant-ph/0108087",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2001-08-20T00:55:48.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-08-20T00:55:48.000Z",
  "title": "'Photosynthetic' Quantum Computers?",
  "authors": [
    "Scott M. Hitchcock"
  ],
  "comment": "12 pages, no figures",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "Do quantum computers already exist in Nature? It is proposed that they do. Photosynthesis is one example in which a 'quantum computer' component may play a role in the 'classical' world of complex biological systems. A 'translation' of the standard metabolic description of the 'front-end' light harvesting complex in photosynthesis into the language of quantum computers is presented. Biological systems represent an untapped resource for thinking about the design and operation of hybrid quantum-classical computers and expanding our current conceptions of what defines a 'quantum computer' in Nature.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2001-08-20T00:55:48.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum computer",
      "photosynthetic",
      "standard metabolic description",
      "hybrid quantum-classical computers",
      "biological systems represent"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 12,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2001quant.ph..8087H"
    }
  }
}