Scientists have developed an ‘atomic television’ that uses lasers and atom clouds to carry a video signal that meets the traditional 480i resolution (480 horizontal lines) standard.
Just don’t expect it to be installed as part of your home entertainment setup any time soon.
Key to the technology is a glass container of gaseous super-sized rubidium atoms excited by two colors of laser beams into what’s known as a Rydberg state – that’s when atoms have a high level of energy, causing the electrons to orbit further out from the nucleus.
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