Optical Molasses
February 10, 2007
CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks has a fantastic podcast called Stopping Light. Researcher Dr. Lene Vestergaard Hau, a professor of physics at Harvard University, discusses slowing down light to 20 km/h (yes that is correct) by sending it through an optical molasses.
The research may lead to breakthroughs in quantum computing. Very cool. Listen to the podcast by clicking the player below.
OH, my image representing an “optical molasses” is the reflection of autumn colors in water.
