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Experiment Takes “Snapshots” of Light, Stops Light, and Uses Light to Change Properties of Matter

2020-12-30

Experiment Takes “Snapshots” of Light, Stops Light, and Uses Light to Change Properties of Matter

Light travels at a speed of about 300,000,000 meters per second as light particles, photons, or equivalently as electromagnetic field waves. Experiments led by Hrvoje Petek, an H.K. Mellon professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy examined ideas surrounding the origins of light, taking snapshots of light, stopping light and using it to change properties of matter.