Episode 57: Two Photons Walk Into An H-Bar with Brian Cross

Posted Sep 18, 2015 by bn

Okay So.

You make an lensing system which lets you COMPLETELY BATHE a single point in a TON of identical photons.

I took this photo from one of Nicole’s Papers. LOOK AT ALL THIS DANG STUFF!

And then? If everything works out, TWO OF THE PHOTONS GET EATEN LIKE A HUNGRY HUNGY HIPPO, and then spit out as a single photon with twice THE ENERGY. it has twice the frequency, so it’s a MUCH DIFFERENT COLOUR from everything around it.

SO CRAZY. SO AWESOME. you can use it to look at stuff inside a cell.

our guest today is a STAR FROM BROADWAY!! so fancy! If you’re in new york around now, he’s in a play called “Desire” at 59e59 theater !

Physicists: Nicole Prent, Jacqueline Townsend

Intro Music: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 

Exit Music: John Vanderslice 

Transcript: Ep_57_Two_Photons_Walk_Into_an_H_Bar

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