Researchers at MIT have created solid photons, a new form of matter. Photonic matter isn't simply science fiction now that they've outlined the findings in the journal Nature.
Now I'm not an expert on such things, far from it. What it seems like they did was take advantage of the Rydberg blockade effect using very rubidium to quantum link photos. These photons, once interacting, behave more like traditional matter and less like photons. The obvious use would be in quantum computing. Photons are a great medium for information after all. Then there are the crystal structures that could be formed. I'm excited to see replication of the technique by others so that the properties of this new form of matter can be explored. Who knows what else this could be good for. Converting electricity to light? Extremely hard? Very pretty?
What do you all think?
Now I'm not an expert on such things, far from it. What it seems like they did was take advantage of the Rydberg blockade effect using very rubidium to quantum link photos. These photons, once interacting, behave more like traditional matter and less like photons. The obvious use would be in quantum computing. Photons are a great medium for information after all. Then there are the crystal structures that could be formed. I'm excited to see replication of the technique by others so that the properties of this new form of matter can be explored. Who knows what else this could be good for. Converting electricity to light? Extremely hard? Very pretty?
What do you all think?
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