Brian Josephson knows a think or two about superconductivity. IIRC he has speculated that the BEC is involved, but I don't have a cite.
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > The room temperature BEC is formed from Polaritons. DGT has said that > their BEC was a Polariton BEC. DGT (also assume Rossi) uses micro-particles > to create their Polariton BEC, and IBM uses plastic. > > Details from the expanded article as follows: > > Polariton BEC within the polymer-filled micro-resonator consisting of the > luminescent polymer layer (yellow) and the two mirrors each consisting of > many pairs of different transparent oxide layers (red and blue). The > polaritons are created by excitation of the polymer layer from below with a > laser beam (white). The polaritons (green), which are bosons composed of > photons and electron-hole pairs, are formed through interactions of the > polymer with the microcavity. Once a critical density is reached, the > polaritons undergo Bose-Einstein condensation, emitting green laser-like > light through the top mirror. > > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Kevin O'Malley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Once again, Y.E. Kim's BEC theory gets a leg up, if IBM really has >> generated a room temp BEC. The guys at Exbits don't seem to realize the >> implications reach far beyond computing. >> >> IBM’s Achievement >> >> In 1995 this was demonstrated for the first time at these extreme >> temperatures, but today in a paper appearing in *Nature Materials*, IBM >> scientists have achieved the same state at room temperature using a thin >> non-crystalline polymer film developed by chemists at the University of >> Wuppertal in Germany. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *I**BM’s Scientific Breakthrough Could Enable Lower-Cost >> High-Performance Big Data >> Systems.*<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3101069/posts> >> *Xbitlabs ^ >> <http://www.freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20131210235559_IBM_s_Scientific_Breakthrough_Could_Enable_Lower_Cost_High_Performance_Big_Data_Systems.html> >> * | 12/10/2013 11:55 PM | Anton Shilov >> >> <http://www.freerepublic.com/%7Eernestatthebeach/> >> >> For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated a >> complex quantum mechanical phenomenon known as Bose-Einstein condensation >> (BEC), using a luminescent polymer (plastic) similar to the materials in >> light emitting displays used in many of today's smartphones. Applications >> could include energy-efficient lasers and optical switches, critical >> components for future computer systems processing Big Data >> >> Quantum Phenomenon Could Mean Breakthrough for Exascale Systems >> >> This discovery has potential applications in developing novel >> optoelectronic devices including energy-efficient lasers and ultra-fast >> optical switches – critical components for powering future computer systems >> to process massive Big Data workloads. The use of a polymer material and >> the observation of BEC at room temperature provides substantial advantages >> in terms of applicability and cost. >> >> IBM scientists around the world are focused on an ambitious data centric >> exascale computing program, which is aimed at developing systems that can >> process massive data workloads fifty times faster than today. Such a system >> will need optical interconnects capable of high-speed processing of >> Petabytes to Exabytes of Big Data. This will enable high-performance >> analytics for: energy grids, life sciences, financial modelling, business >> intelligence and weather and climate forecasting. >> >> Bose-Einstein Condensation >> >> The complex phenomenon IBM scientists demonstrated at room temperature is >> named after the renown scientists Satyendranath Bose and Albert Einstein >> who first predicted it in the mid-1920s and only later experimentally >> proven in 1995. >> >> A Bose-Einstein Condensate is a peculiar state of matter which occurs >> when a dilute gas of particles (bosons) are cooled to nearly absolute zero >> (-273°C, -459°F). At this temperature intriguing macroscopic quantum >> phenomena occur in which the bosons all line up like ballroom dancers. >> >> (Excerpt) Read more at >> xbitlabs.com<http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20131210235559_IBM_s_Scientific_Breakthrough_Could_Enable_Lower_Cost_High_Performance_Big_Data_Systems.html>... >> > >
