Laser Light Transformed into a 'Supersolid' in Groundbreaking Experiment
Building and Understanding New and Exotic Forms of Matter
The following excerpts are from an article written by Ryan Whalen of The Debrief:
An international team of physicists has transformed laser light into a supersolid, marking an entirely new process for achieving this mysterious state of matter.
On the quantum level, matter often exhibits strange behaviors, and the supersolid state is one of the most counterintuitive examples. In this state, atoms arrange into a crystal lattice like a solid but also flow without friction, a property typically associated with liquids.
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Confirming the Supersolid State
Proving their achievement was a challenge, as no experiment had ever produced a supersolid using light before. However, the team successfully demonstrated both the solid and fluid properties of their laser-generated supersolid, confirming that it had zero viscosity.
To validate their results, researchers used wave interference techniques to image the polariton’s state, allowing them to record the microscopic spatial coherence of the quasiparticles. Their data provided concrete proof of the quasiparticles’ local and long-range order, confirming the formation of a supersolid.
Additionally, optical data allowed them to measure the entire wave function, offering unprecedented insights into the behavior of the supersolid.
Future Research and Applications
The research team plans to continue investigating the structure of their newly created supersolid, focusing on engineering its crystalline structure for further study. They suggest that because their supersolid is made of light, it may be more flexible and easier to manipulate than atomic supersolids, making this platform a fundamentally different and promising avenue for future research.
The paper “Emerging Supersolidity in Photonic-crystal Polariton Condensates” appeared on March 5, 2025 in Nature.
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This news reminds me of the idea Bob Toben, Jack Sarfatti and Fred Alan Wolf discussed in “Space-Time and Beyond”: Matter may be gravitationally trapped light, they posited in 1976.
It appears the intelligence or intelligences behind UAP are able to manipulate light and matter in ways we are just beginning to understand. Reverend William Booth Gill described “pencil beams of blue light” during his close encounter in 1959.
Perhaps it’s possible for energy to be so finely manipulated to create staged “material mirages” that are indistinguishable from physical reality. Oh well, no matter how they’re formed: good ideas and certain objects are always welcome.
The image at the top of the page is from the Nature article “Emerging supersolidity in photonic-crystal polariton condensates” by Dimitrios Trypogeorgos, et al.