Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoProbably a stupid question, but will we ever have something like a microwave to make things cold? Is there a reason this can't exist?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square245fedilinkarrow-up1512arrow-down131
arrow-up1481arrow-down1imageProbably a stupid question, but will we ever have something like a microwave to make things cold? Is there a reason this can't exist?lemmy.dbzer0.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square245fedilink
minus-squarecantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up44·2 years agoAllow me to introduce you to this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_cooling
minus-squareScrappy@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoCan I get an ELI5 of this principle? I read the Doppler cooling part but I can’t connect the dots.
minus-squarehstde@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoHeat energy is the amount of particle wiggling. With precisely tuned and oriented lasers you can clamp a particle in space, thus prevent it from wiggling. No wiggling -> very cold.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s like slowing cars by crashing another car into them. But it’s photons instead from the exact opposite direction.
Allow me to introduce you to this
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_cooling
Can I get an ELI5 of this principle? I read the Doppler cooling part but I can’t connect the dots.
Heat energy is the amount of particle wiggling. With precisely tuned and oriented lasers you can clamp a particle in space, thus prevent it from wiggling.
No wiggling -> very cold.
It’s like slowing cars by crashing another car into them. But it’s photons instead from the exact opposite direction.
Thanks Mr Freeze!