Electromagnetic Quantum Memory in Coherent Domains of Condensed Matter and Its Prospects for Quantum Hypercomputing

Abstract

Several theoretical and experimental results have shown the arising of Quantum Electrodynamics Coherence in condensed matter causes the formation of an array of closely packed macroscopic regions, called “coherent domains” (CDs), in which the elementary matter components (atoms/molecules) are characterized by synchronized oscillations among them and with a self-generated electromagnetic field trapped inside them. Such Coherent Domains are quantum objects described by a macroscopic wavefunction with a well-defined quantum phase that characterizes the common oscillation of matter and e.m. fields. In the case of liquid water, the theory predicts the existence of “excited” energy levels of coherent domains in the form of coherent cold vortices of quasi-free electrons, for they behave like superconductors and, if coupled through a thin insulating layer, act like a Josephson junction. In this paper we have shown that such quantum domains can be used to “memorize” quantum information and suggested a method to store/retrieve it by exploiting the electromagnetic “memory” effect. Our results could be used in principle to realize quantum storing “devices” in the context of the novel quantum computational schemes and systems already proposed by this author in previous publications.