First time wavelike behavior of room-temp polariton condensate has been demonstrated in the lab on a macroscopic length scale: a significant development in understanding and manipulation of quantum objects.
Quantum mechanics tells us objects have both particle and wavelike behaviour with a wavelength inversely proportional to the object’s velocity…at atomic length scales, except with bosons, particles of a particular type that can be combined in large numbers in the same quantum state, it is possible to form macroscopic-scale quantum objects, called Bose-Einstein condensates. These are at the root of quantum physics’ superfluidity and superconductivity...
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