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&slonghistoryaspossiblytheoldestuousbranaturalphilosophyaisattheforefrontofreseardappli.Itisubiquitous:asat,imaging,andunis,asrovidinglore,disdillustratenewfualeffects.
Lighteratesattheextremesofwhatisknowntobepossibleagtophysics,suchasextremesoftemperaturearemesofpressureadourally,exceptperhapsiofstars.Andlightbeusedtoobservearolreallyfastevents,suchasthemovemerooms.
Further,lightexhibitstrauresassociatedwiththequantumwevenineverydayeofthetuitiveaspectsofthefitfulworldofrauhestable,solidworldofournormalexperiehischapter,Iwillexploresomeofthefroowhidacrosswhich,lightistlytakiioiersispossiblebecauseofthegreatteologicalstridesthathavebeesources,opticalsystems,aors,whiableexquisitetrolovertheshapeay,inbothspadtime,alightbeamtake.
Lightmeics
Lightexertforobjects.Thisallows‘remotetrol’ofbitsshapedlightbeams.Lightbeusedtomovematteraround,andbringitintotactwithotherobjeaernalfigurationofatomsandmolecules,ftheminto,forexample,simplechemicalreawaysthatallowboththestudyaionofunusualmaterialproperties.That’saraordinarilypowerfulfeatureinmanyareasofreseardstudy.
&ofmeicalffromlighthasitsiumcarriedbyea.Forinstaoedfromamirror,thatmirrorexperiencesaforcethatprovidestheexertiooredirectthephoton,justaswaterfromafirehosehittingawallexertsaforthewallbyvirtueofitsboungoff.
Similarly,hotoeditgesdiredthis,too,requiresaforce.Thusthephotosafortherefragelement.Ifalightbeamisionaglassbead,raysthatareaothebeadwillexperiedire.Aphtherayinthelowerhalfofthebeadisdirectedupagatesthroughtheglasssurfaces.Thebeadthereforeexperiencesafortheoppositedireofthephotonintheforwarddire(thedireitwasmovieringthebead)isreduced,thereisalsoaheforwarddire.Thestrengthofthisfordsonhohotoedpersed.Alightbeamthatismoreiapositioreofthebeamthanonitsperipherywilltherefthebeadtowardsthehigher-iypartofthebea
Thiseffebeusedtomakeafocusedlightbeamintoan‘opticaltweezer’,whichisabletoholdontoamiaaroubeamissteered.Opticaltweezersfindapplis,forexample,inbiology,byenablingtrolofthepositioofindividualstrandsofDerizationoftiors.SpecifiA,proteins,andiolebestutothesebeadsandthereforebehandledusingopticaltweezers.Theirpositiorolledreuchlessthahoflight.Thisallowsextremelysmallforeasured—suchashappenswhenbiologicalcellsadheretosurfacesorothercells—aswellastoholdtheplacesastheyareoperatedonusingotherlasers(so-calledcellularsurgery).Opticaltweezersbihvariousothertestmethods,suchaslightsgfromaerosols,orspectroscopy,tocharacterizeparticlesthatmaybepollutamosphere.
&o-meicalforalsobeusedtoapletelyionofsmallobjeparticular,itisnowpossibletobuildtinymeitilevers,illustratedinFigure31,andtobothobserveandotionusinglight.Lightforbeusedtocoolorheattheossofthetilever—likerunningdupariitistatepossible,whereonlyquantumflusofthemotiondisturbthepletestasisofthelever.Lightforalsobeusedtouchsmallerobjedthisrevealseveraumstatesofmatter.
31.Ailevertrolledusinglightforces.Thedisymirrorsabout30μmier.
Ultra-cold
What’sthecoldestthingyou’veexperienced?ColderthanwinterinOxford(approximately2°Ottawa(-20°C),ortheSouthPole(-50°C)?Orperhapstheeffectsofliquid-200°C.Thesearelycold,butbyhecoldestthingspossible.Itturnsoutthatthereisalowerlimitfortemperature:-273°C,or0K(Kelvin),belowwhiotpossibletogsfurther.Thisisthetemperatureatwhigsareasstillasthey’regoihjusttheeffemeicstocausealittlejigglingaboutofatomsandmolecules.
It’snotactuallypossibletobuildamaetogettoabsolutezerobutitispossibletogetverygan‘erator’.Infact,yougetaketheatomsalmoststopmoving.Whatthismeansisthattheirsizegetsbigger.(Quaellsusthatyou’tsimultaneouslyspecifythepreciselodspeedofaheatomispletelystopped,thenitmustbeextendedoverallspace.)Thereforeallatomsihathasbeeedoccupythesameregiohisgivesrisetenewphenomena.
Aneratorworksbyusio‘aginealaserbeamshiningonanatomthatismoviht,say.Thelasershiherighttoleft,sothatastreamofphotonshitstheatoThelaseristuobeabsorbedbyatomsthataremovingataparticularveloow,wheomabsorbsaphotonfromthelaserbeam,itgetsakithephoton,andthusslowsdown.(Morespecifically,themomentumofthephotonistraheatoSiisiediretotheinitialmomentumoftheatom,itredu,andthusthespeedoftheato)Theatommustre-emitthephotoime,anditwillgetakitheoppositediretothatinwhichitemitsthephotoioninwhichitre-emitsthephotonisrandom—itaall.
Ifyoulookatenoughoftheseabsorptievents,thenyouwillfindthat,althoughthelightisalwaysabsorbedfromoheininglaserbeam)itisemitteduniformlyiioioheceofthisisthateasmovingiiohelaserbeamgrindstoahalt,ahrandommatemperaturethatisproportionaltohowlongitholdsobeforere-emittingit.
Thereareseveralrefihisapproach,eachofwhichuseslighttoolecules)toeveures,andforwhichlightactslikea‘viscousfluid’inwhiovesloweraiseveouselighttotrapatomsusingopticaltweezersoheyareslowenough.Thisallolioresophisticatedoptigteiques,bywhichitispossibletogettotemperaturesofabillionthofadegreeaboveabsolutezero.
&osomeresidual‘jigglihathappezerotemperature,arisingfromquantummeics.Therahisjiggliofasthespatialexteself.Thatis,agtoquaheatomisn’tjustwanderingaroundinarandomfashionoverasmallregioheritisactuallypresentacrossallthatregioomstrappedatsuperaturesthesizeionmaybeseveralthousandthsofametre.That’saremarkablylargeatom,givearoomiucleusislessthahofabillionthofametre.What’seveseveralatomsoccupythisregiohesametime.
That’sceptuallyverytuitive.Weoftenthinkofatomsasbeilebilliardballs,thatbepackedclosetogether,asinasolidmaterial,butwhitheirindividualdistinbyvirtueoftheirlosidethematerial.That’snotthecasefortheseverys.TheyareeacheverywhereatonewstateofmatteridentifiedbyEiheIyendraNathBoseasurprisingly,aBose–Einsteie.
Thisverystraehassomeremarkableproperties.Foriisasuperfluid,ithoutviscosity.Further,itispossibletosplittheeomihalfandrebioshowquantumiweearts,esseingthatabigobjetainingmanyatomsandofapalpablyvisiblesize)exhibitsquantumcharacter,attributabletotheuyofwhetheranatomisiofthecloudortheother.Ohiomogbothseparatepohesametime.
&hesesbetrappediisalsopossibletocreatespatialstructuresouthtbeamsthatbeusedtomaoms.Foriwolightbeamscidetheyformaterer3)inwhichthereareregionsofhighandlowiy.sliketosettleiherions(youadjustwhiebygaparticularwavelengthofthelight).Astheiyofthelightbeamsisturheatomsfallie’-likeopticaltrapsthatappearitern,asshowninFigure32a.Andtheydosoieresting>
32.strappedinanopticallattice:a.afewhuomspercell(several10sμK),b.individualatomsateachsite(afewnK).
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