Re:Light slowed down to 38 mph
by ars on Friday July 31, 2009 @04:12AM
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Yes. It's the same, just on a more extreme level.
Light can NOT be slowed down - at all! What happens with refraction is the light is absorbed by matter, then re-emitted, over and over, which effectively slows it down.
In this case the material that absorbed the light takes a very long time to re-emit it.
Light can NOT be slowed down - at all! What happens with refraction is the light is absorbed by matter, then re-emitted, over and over, which effectively slows it down.
In this case the material that absorbed the light takes a very long time to re-emit it.