Comment on When Light Flashes for a Quintillionth of a Second, Things Get Weird
ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world 10 months agoThe shorter a light pulse is the more likely it’s going to have a wingman. Scientists don’t know why yet but have figured out how to affect the pairing of the two pulses.
That’s pretty much it.
Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 10 months ago
The purpose of ultra short light beams, if I read it correctly, is to be able to measure extremely small and shortlived things like atoms. The second beam being produced disrupts that.
The problem was that scientists and companies couldn’t control the second beam being created, and still don’t understand why it’s created. But they did create a method to reliably pair them in a predictable way, paving the way to circumvent the problem and provide clarity into the measurements of extremely small and shortlived objects.
That’s it. Nothing super groundbreaking I think
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 10 months ago
The hallmark of accurate science communication. Thanks for the tldr.
ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s basically what I was trying to say but very much less well articulated. Specifically about not knowing what causes the second pulse.