Light can be observed only when the matter turns in to plasma state which is an unstable state of the matter (4th state). That makes it near impossible to store light in its original form.
Basically, any interaction with light causes losses so for now the better option is to store other forms of energy using light as an input, such as solar panels.
I have used two ways of storing energy: accumulators and constellation bodies of energy. The requirement for each is feeling like (at the least) love, joy, and enthusiasm.
The author describes experiments related not to recent demonstrations of the slowing or stopping of propagating light, but to the direct generation of stationary light by electrical means and some of its implications for dynamic electromagnetic energy storage.
If light doesnt degrade, can be used as a power source and can even be slowed down and takes up no space so can be stored in infinitely dense concentrations. Why dont they make batteries out of light? Sounds like they have the technology to do it. And I cant imagine cost is a factor, light is free.
We don''t store electricity as charge, we store it as chemical energy in a battery because that''s easier, cheaper and more useful. If you want to store light put the energy in a battery then use the energy to power an LED.
Electrical energy – Electrical energy is usually a flow of charges that transfer energy from a battery for example to a light bulb, this energy can be stored in devices like batteries (rechargeable ones) or capacitors.
Light energy is not stored in the traditional sense like electricity in a battery. Light can be converted into other forms of energy, such as chemical energy in plants during photosynthesis...
This article discusses how light could be stored, so that you can take it with you and use it at some later time. These thoughts very nicely show you how a laser works.
Basically, any interaction with light causes losses so for now the better option is to store other forms of energy using light as an input, such as solar panels.
Light can be observed only when the matter turns in to plasma state which is an unstable state of the matter (4th state). That makes it near impossible to store light in its original form.
Overall, while light can be manipulated and its energy stored, the idea of "storing light" as commonly understood is misleading and requires precise definitions and context.
This article discusses how light could be stored, so that you can take it with you and use it at some later time. These thoughts very nicely show you how a laser works.
Re your next question storing light as light seems a pointless exercise. We don't store electricity as charge, we store it as chemical energy in a battery because that's easier, cheaper and more useful. If you want to store light put the energy in a battery then use the energy to power an LED.
We don't store electricity as charge, we store it as chemical energy in a battery because that's easier, cheaper and more useful. If you want to store light put the energy in a battery then use the energy to power an LED. @raptortech97: we can store charge temporarily in a capacitor and we can store a magnetic field temporarily in an inductor.
Both of these contain chemical potential energy; Energy can also be stored in other ways, in fact we say that when an object has a type of energy, that the energy is contained in its ‘energy stores’. For example, a car driving along the motor way will have energy in its kinetic energy stores.
If, however, you want to store light from the sun for later use, a very different limitation exists, which is that transmission and reflectivity are tradeoffs. By opening the "door" to let photons in, you lose an unacceptable number of the ones already in. Sorry Tobias, I'm missing something here (and it is for sure my fault).
A box of mirrors with light shined in it will "store" light like your other examples but it will lose the energy much faster then any of them. Imagine throwing a superball into a box and closing the lid, does it bounce forever and "store" the energy?
And light (or any electromagnetic radiation) is one of the - if not the - shortest-living forms of energy at all due its restricted existence at the speed of light... For the photons that make up light to exist they have to be travelling at the speed of light.
