Mass. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied Rayleigh scattering off a Bose-Einstein condensate, an experiment that produced superradiant scattering.
Laser beams crisscross atomized oil feedstocks.
Photonic analytical methods are helping researchers at Argonne National Laboratory optimize nozzles used to refine feedstocks and thereby increase gasoline yields by 1 to 5 percent. As described in the July 23 issue of Science, the researchers exposed the condensate to an off-resonant laser pulse. Though the photons would normally scatter randomly, the single quantum state of the atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate allowed the light to maintain its coherence. The experiment demonstrated the symmetry between optical lasers and atom lasers. Inc. All rights reserved.