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Sunday 29 September 2013

A new state of matter 'Photonical'

I am coining a new word 'Photonical'. Well the word is not new but its usage is.
No. I am not talking anything about Photos but this time its about Photons.
Scientists from Harvard and MIT were exploring the properties of photons — an elementary particle that is the most basic constituent of light and all other types of electromagnetic radiation — when they managed to create molecules formed from photons bound together.
The discovery is startling as it goes against what scientists have previously believed to be the signature quality of photons: that they are massless particles that do not interact with each other. The capacity to create molecules out of photons has been described by the physicists involved as "pushing the frontiers of science".
Yes, its no rumour we have the Star Wars lightsaber. But its just not about the saber. Its like a new state of matter.
The scientists involved are hoping to use their discovery to aid quantum computing. "What it will be useful for we don't know yet," said Lukin, "but it's a new state of matter, so we are hopeful that new applications may emerge as we continue to probe these photonic molecules' properties."

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