Podcast, 5 mins
Inside Innovations The Science of Light and Dynamic Polaritons
What is the spectacle of light? Can we utilise it?
Part of LightFest
27 Jan 2025 15:00
Scientists have studied light for decades - the photons it consists of, and the molecular interactions it creates. With the help of Professor Jenny Clark and Robert Gordon, Madelaine Stannard investigates what happens when light and matter become one, and how these harmonious hybrid particles can have all sorts of uses.
Credits
- Madelaine Stannard, Science Communication Student at the University of Sheffield
- Professor Jenny Clark, Head of Materials and Biological Physics Research Cluster at the University of Sheffield
- Robert Gordon, Research Assistant at the University of Sheffield
- Dr Victoria Herridge, Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield
