Mechanical/Realistic UsesIf you want to see the practical uses for this advancement this is also addressed by phys.org. It is revealed that this could be used to create a quantum computer that would help with studying more about photons and other things in quantum mechanics with "quantum computing". There is also use in commercial computers as they say companies such as IMB "have worked to develop systems that rely on optical routers that convert light signals into electrical signals, but those systems face their own hurdles." to show that it could be practical to our everyday computers one day.
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Entertaining UsesAs said before by the physics professor Mikhail Lukin this technology resembles that of lightsabers from the series star wars. Because these molecules resembling lasers repel each other instead of pass through then hypothetically lightsabers would be possible. Next if you ever looked for an explanation for the movie "Doctor Strange" then it was theorized by Matthew Patrick (who has two degrees in neuroscience) that this is how doctor strange's powers work, but unlike lightsabers the odds of us wielding light whips any time soon is highly unlikely. Finally if enough molecules are coaxed together then you would have 3 dimensional objects with no weight purely made of light.
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