Jibu M, Hagan S, Hameroff S R, Pribram K H, Yasue K
Department of Anesthesiology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Biosystems. 1994;32(3):195-209. doi: 10.1016/0303-2647(94)90043-4.
'Laser-like,' long-range coherent quantum phenomena may occur biologically within cytoskeletal microtubules. This paper presents a theoretical prediction of the occurrence in biological media of the phenomena which we term 'superradiance' and 'self-induced transparency'. Interactions between the electric dipole field of water molecules confined within the hollow core of microtubules and the quantized electromagnetic radiation field are considered, and microtubules are theorized to play the roles of non-linear coherent optical devices. Superradiance is a specific quantum mechanical ordering phenomenon with characteristic times much shorter than those of thermal interaction. Consequently, optical signalling (and computation) in microtubules would be free from both thermal noise and loss. Superradiant optical computing in networks of microtubules and other cytoskeletal structures may provide a basis for biomolecular cognition and a substrate for consciousness.
“类激光”的长程相干量子现象可能在细胞骨架微管内以生物方式发生。本文给出了在生物介质中出现我们称为“超辐射”和“自感应透明”现象的理论预测。考虑了限制在微管空心核心内的水分子的电偶极场与量子化电磁辐射场之间的相互作用，并从理论上推测微管起着非线性相干光学器件的作用。超辐射是一种特定的量子力学有序现象，其特征时间比热相互作用的时间短得多。因此，微管中的光信号传输（和计算）将不受热噪声和损耗的影响。微管网络及其他细胞骨架结构中的超辐射光计算可能为生物分子认知提供基础，并为意识提供一个基质。
