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#301835 - Thu Mar 23 2006 06:57 PM Speed(s) of light
Badgerboy Participant Registered: Mon Mar 06 2006 Posts: 10	I came up with this question the other day... when light passes through glass or another object, does it slow down? If so, doesnt that mean that it would be theoretically possible to stop light completely? _________________________ "Allright, we split up. That way if one of us gets captured, the other can come over and start laughing at them." - My friend
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#301836 - Fri Mar 24 2006 02:18 AM Re: Speed(s) of light
picqero Multiloquent Registered: Tue Dec 28 2004 Posts: 2813 Loc: Hertfordshire<br>England UK	Yes, light does slow down when passing through any solid medium including glass. The conventional 'speed of light' figure is only that speed for light travelling through a vacuum. Researchers at Harvard University and Russia's Lebedev institute succeeded, several years ago, in slowing light down accurately and considerably, and eventually in stopping it completely.
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#301837 - Fri Mar 24 2006 08:37 PM Re: Speed(s) of light
soonappear Forum Adept Registered: Tue Jan 17 2006 Posts: 131	Through refraction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light
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#301838 - Sat Jun 17 2006 06:14 PM Re: Speed(s) of light
Badgerboy Participant Registered: Mon Mar 06 2006 Posts: 10	a'right, thanks guys. _________________________ "Allright, we split up. That way if one of us gets captured, the other can come over and start laughing at them." - My friend
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