17 Jul 23
@metal-brain saidFascinating work.
Main achievements: Slowing and stopping a beam of light
https://scientificwomen.net/women/hau-lene-126
Way beyond my understanding though, but fascinating all the same.
21 Jul 23
@divegeester
What I wonder is if you can stop light dead in its track, why couldn't that work as an energy storage battery? If you can keep stuffing the box with frozen light, isn't that a concentration of energy? If you can control the unfreezing part why would that not be a battery?
21 Jul 23
@sonhouse saidMore than just a battery, even though that's amazing in itself, this seems capable of applications in communications, high-speed computing and data storage.
@divegeester
What I wonder is if you can stop light dead in its track, why couldn't that work as an energy storage battery? If you can keep stuffing the box with frozen light, isn't that a concentration of energy? If you can control the unfreezing part why would that not be a battery?
21 Jul 23
@sonhouse saidBecause it would have to be at absolute zero. Same problem with superconductors.
@divegeester
What I wonder is if you can stop light dead in its track, why couldn't that work as an energy storage battery? If you can keep stuffing the box with frozen light, isn't that a concentration of energy? If you can control the unfreezing part why would that not be a battery?
EBC.