Tag Archive for 'Photonic Bose-Einstein condensate'

The optical microresonator filled with dye solution (yellow); on the right is a microscope objective used to observe and analyze the light emerging from the resonator. Image credit: Gregor Hübl / University of Bonn.

Physicists Observe New Phase in Quantum Condensate of Light

Apr 2, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Physicists at the University of Bonn have experimentally observed a new, previously unknown phase in the photon Bose-Einstein condensate. The optical microresonator...

The artist’s rendering shows how potential ‘wells’ are created for photons in the microresonator through heating with an external laser beam (green). Image credit: David Dung, University of Bonn.

Physicists Experiment with ‘Super-Photons’

Aug 15, 2017 by News Staff

A team of physicists at the University of Bonn in Germany has developed a technique to create optical ‘wells’ for a photonic Bose-Einstein condensate. The...