Comment on ''Delayed luminescence of biological systems in terms of coherent states'' [Phys. Lett. A 293 (2002) 93]

Vahid Salari (1) , Christian Brouder (1)

1 IMPMC - Institut de minéralogie et de physique des milieux condensés

Popp and Yan [F. A. Popp, Y. Yan, Phys. Lett. A 293 (2002) 93] proposed a model for delayed luminescence based on a single time-dependent coherent state. We show that the general solution of their model corresponds to a luminescence that is a linear function of time. Therefore, their model is not compatible with any measured delayed luminescence. Moreover, the functions that they use to describe the oscillatory behaviour of delayed luminescence are not solutions of the coupling equations to be solved.

Mots clés: Delayed luminescence; hyperbolic decay; coherent states

Domaines: Biophysique; Bio-Informatique, Biologie Systémique [q-bio.QM]; Physique Quantique [quant-ph]

Vahid Salari, Christian Brouder. Comment on ''Delayed luminescence of biological systems in terms of coherent states'' [Phys. Lett. A 293 (2002) 93]. Physics Letters A, 2011, 375 (25), pp.2531-2532. ⟨10.1016/j.physleta.2011.05.017⟩. ⟨hal-00546010v2⟩