Polaritons are arousing tremendous interests in physics and material sciences for their unique and amazing properties, especially including the condensation, lasing without inversion and even room-temperature superfluidity. Herein, we propose a cell vibron polariton (cell-VP): a collectively coherent mode of a photon and all phospholipid molecules in a myelin sheath formed by glial cells. Cell-VP can be resonantly self-confined in the myelin sheath under physiological conditions. The observations benefit from the specifically compact, ordered and polar thin-film structure of the sheath, and the relatively strong coupling of the mid-infrared photon with the vibrons of phospholipid tails in the myelin. The underlying physics is revealed to be the collectively coherent superposition of the photon and vibrons, the polariton induced significant enhancement of myelin permittivity, and the resonance of the polariton with the sheath. The captured cell-VPs in myelin sheaths may provide a promising way for super-efficient consumption of extra-weak bioenergy and even directly serve for quantum information. These findings further the understanding of nervous system operations at cellular level from the view of quantum mechanics.

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细胞振动子极化自共振共约束在神经的髓鞘中

极化子因其独特而令人惊奇的特性而在物理学和材料科学领域引起了极大的兴趣，特别是包括凝结，无反转激光发射甚至室温下的超流动性。在这里，我们提出了细胞振动子极化（cell-VP）：由神经胶质细胞形成的髓鞘中的光子和所有磷脂分子的集体相干模式。在生理条件下，Cell-VP可以共振地自我约束在髓鞘中。观察得益于鞘的特别紧凑，有序和极性的薄膜结构，以及中红外光子与髓磷脂中磷脂尾纤子的相对强耦合。揭示了潜在的物理原理是光子和振动子的集体相干叠加，极化子导致髓磷脂介电常数显着提高，极化子与鞘层发生共振。髓鞘中捕获的细胞VPs可能为超高效消耗超弱生物能提供有前途的方式，甚至直接用于量子信息。这些发现从量子力学的角度进一步了解了神经系统在细胞水平上的运作。