Chilluminati Podcast Midweek Mini: Turning Light into a "Super Solid"?
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Aug 21, 2025 Get ready for an intriguing dive into scientific breakthroughs! The hosts explore the concept of turning light into a supersolid, shedding light on bosons and their collective behavior. They unpack how photons can condense within a crystal lattice and speculate on radical applications, such as frictionless transport and even altering travel speeds. Plus, the conversation takes a wild turn when discussing mysterious experiments revealed by the Space Force's X-37B and a shocking alleged murder plot involving Aaron Goodwin's wife.
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Light Can Exhibit Supersolid Behavior
- Researchers made photons behave like a supersolid by creating coherence in a photonic semiconductor platform.
- This reveals exotic quantum phases can emerge in light, not just ultracold atomic gases.
How The Photonic Supersolid Was Created
- The experiment used an aluminum gallium arsenide lattice where photons occupy three equal-energy states and condense above a threshold.
- Opposite non-zero wave numbers and phase coherence produced spatial density modulation typical of a supersolid.
Everyday Metaphors Clarify Quantum Stacking
- The hosts compared supersolid formation to people filling seats in a theater and eggs in a carton to illustrate bosonic stacking and coherence.
- These metaphors clarify that bosons can occupy the same quantum state, enabling collective condensed behavior.