Tag Archives: matter-wave

A giant leap closer to the continuous atom laser

Posted on June 10, 2022 by

Physicists have created a steady-state Bose-Einstein condensate – a long-sought feat that opens the door to a variety of applications, including in holography and quantum computing. Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm | Tagged atom laser, Bose stimulation, Bose-Einstein condensate, laser cooling, matter-wave, phase coherence, spatial coherence, University of Amsterdam, Wolfgang Ketterle | Comments Off

The molecule that was also a wave

Posted on December 12, 2019 by

According to the principles of quantum mechanics, you’re a wave – just like light is both a particle and a wave. It’s just that your wavelength is so small that your wave nature doesn’t matter, and you’re treated like a … Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm | Tagged Christiaan Huygens, classical mechanics, diffraction grating, double-slit experiment, Ibn al-Haytham, interferometer, Isaac Newton, laser diffraction, matter-wave, matter-wave interference, oligoporphyrins, Quantum mechanics, Thomas Young, wave-particle duality | Comments Off