Search

Recent research suggests that the human brain may possess quantum computing capabilities, but the implications for consciousness remain unclear. This study investigates the role of quantum computing in accounting for the nature of consciousness using teletransportation thought experiments to transfer a person from one location to another. Two versions of the experiment are proposed using the brain as an apparatus, and the results are analyzed using classical and quantum computing principles. The findings suggest that classical computing principles alone cannot account for consciousness, and that quantum computing capabilities in the brain are necessary. Furthermore, the no-cloning theorem guarantees a unique copy of quantum states in the brain, resolving a teletransportation paradox proposed by Derek Parfit. These results suggest that quantum computing in the brain is crucial to understanding the nature of consciousness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The latest research on hybrid networks of decode‐and‐forward (DF) relay and intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is limited to just a single relay. To harvest multiple relay gains, this paper proposes a hybrid communication networks that combines multiple DF relays with an IRS. The authors formulate and address the joint optimization problem to maximize the end‐to‐end transmission rate by jointly optimizing the reflect beam forming, the best relay selection and the power allocation, subject to total transmit power constraint. Moreover, to better exploit the degrees of freedom, it is proposed that the source also transmits signals in the second time slot. While the optimization problem is difficult to solve, the authors propose some efficient approaches to make the problem tractable. First, power allocation problem is simplified by applying Cauchy‐Schwarz inequality and introducing equivalent channel gain, second, non‐convex rank‐one constraint is overcome by utilizing semidefinite relaxation (SDR) approach, then the slacked non‐convex constraint is overcome by applying first‐order Taylor expansion approximation. The simulation results demonstrate that our proposed joint optimization scheme for hybrid networks of multiple DF relays with an IRS has significant performance improvement over the other optimization schemes, such as the optimization scheme for hybrid networks of single DF relay and an IRS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A comprehensive quantum anisotropic transport model for holes is used to study silicon PMOS inversion layer transport under arbitrary stress. The results have shown that the hole band structure is dominated by 12 'wings,' where mechanical stress, as well as the vertical field under certain stress conditions, alter the energies of the few lowest hole subbands, changing the transport effective mass, density-of-states, and scattering rates, and thus affecting the mobility.

Bicycle kinematics with toroidal wheels is presented in this paper. Using symbolic mathematic tool Maple, we obtain two holonomic and four nonholonomic constraint equations due to front and rear wheels of a bicycle. We show that the two holonomic constraints cannot be expressed in quartic form for bicycle rear body pitch angle unless the minor (crown) radius of the torus are the same for both the front and rear wheels. In addition, we show that all the constraints can be written in differential form, from which a constraint matrix is constructed, according to standard procedure for developing dynamics in robotics.

A comprehensive quantum anisotropic transport model for holes was used to study silicon PMOS inversion layer transport under arbitrary stress. The anisotropic band structures of bulk silicon and silicon under field confinement as a two-dimensional quantum gas are computed using the pseudopotential method and a six-band stress-dependent k.p Hamiltonian. Anisotropic scattering is included in the momentum-dependent scattering rate calculation. Mobility is obtained from the Kubo-Greenwood formula at low lateral field and from the fullband Monte Carlo simulation at high lateral field. Using these methods, a comprehensive study has been performed for both uniaxial and biaxial stresses. The results are compared with device bending data and piezoresistance data for uniaxial stress, and device data from strained Si channel on relaxed SiGe substrate devices for biaxial tensile stress. All comparisons show a very good agreement with simulation. It is found that the hole band structure is dominated by 12 ‘wings,’ where mechanical stress, as well as the vertical field under certain stress conditions, can alter the energies of the few lowest hole subbands, changing the transport effective mass, density-of-states, and scattering rates, and thus affecting the mobility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]