Italian Scientists ‘Freeze’ Light In Quantum Discovery
The research team, led by Italian physicists Antonio Gianfate of CNR Nanotec and Davide Nigro of the University of Pavia, successfully demonstrated that light can be manipulated to exhibit supersolid properties. “This is only the beginning of understanding supersolidity,” they wrote in their research summary.
Rewriting the Rules of Physics
Normally, freezing involves lowering a liquid’s temperature to its freezing point, causing molecules to slow down and form a solid crystalline structure. However, in their experiment, the scientists created supersolid light under highly controlled quantum conditions.
By using a photonic semiconductor platform—where photons behave similarly to electrons—the team manipulated light into forming a supersolid. This experiment defied conventional physics, opening new doors for exploring quantum mechanics.
“At temperatures close to absolute zero, the quantum-mechanical nature of atoms emerges, and exotic phases of matter appear,” the researchers explained. The ability to induce supersolidity in light challenges previously held assumptions about the nature of both energy and matter.
https://www.newsx.com/space-science/ital...d-to-know/
The gallium arsenide structure had precisely engineered microscopic ridges and the interaction between the light and material led to tiny hybrid light and matter particles called polaritons, which were the things showing supersolid properties.
This supersolid makes light more controllable and stable, making it perfect for future optical technologies and quantum computing discoveries, and it also opens the door to the discovery of more matter.
https://supercarblondie.com/scientists-m...-it-solid/
The research team, led by Italian physicists Antonio Gianfate of CNR Nanotec and Davide Nigro of the University of Pavia, successfully demonstrated that light can be manipulated to exhibit supersolid properties. “This is only the beginning of understanding supersolidity,” they wrote in their research summary.
Rewriting the Rules of Physics
Normally, freezing involves lowering a liquid’s temperature to its freezing point, causing molecules to slow down and form a solid crystalline structure. However, in their experiment, the scientists created supersolid light under highly controlled quantum conditions.
By using a photonic semiconductor platform—where photons behave similarly to electrons—the team manipulated light into forming a supersolid. This experiment defied conventional physics, opening new doors for exploring quantum mechanics.
“At temperatures close to absolute zero, the quantum-mechanical nature of atoms emerges, and exotic phases of matter appear,” the researchers explained. The ability to induce supersolidity in light challenges previously held assumptions about the nature of both energy and matter.
https://www.newsx.com/space-science/ital...d-to-know/
The gallium arsenide structure had precisely engineered microscopic ridges and the interaction between the light and material led to tiny hybrid light and matter particles called polaritons, which were the things showing supersolid properties.
This supersolid makes light more controllable and stable, making it perfect for future optical technologies and quantum computing discoveries, and it also opens the door to the discovery of more matter.
https://supercarblondie.com/scientists-m...-it-solid/
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