Lightsaber blade as supersolid?

[FredH]

For those who understand physics better than I do: So, given this —

Scientists turn light into a 'supersolid' for the 1st time ever: What that means, and why it matters

For the first time, researchers transformed light into a quantum crystalline structure to create a "supersolid" that's both solid and liquid at the same time. Here’s what that means, and why it's such a big step forward.

www.livescience.com

— could this phenomenon serve as a (hypothetical) bases for lightsaber blades? (Or for that matter, movie-style “laser bolts” that are visible and smash into things? Or heck, “hard-light” holodeck-style “solid” holograms?). Just curious.

(I’m sure it’s just as likely that all the media reporting on this is just credulous woo, but that’s why I’d like to see what physics-knowledgeable folk have to say.)

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

That strange state of matter requires "Super Cold" temps to even happen.

So it's a unique thing not related to the Light-Saber Blade.

We know the Light-Saber's blade is made of super hot Plasma energy.

 

[fireproof78]

For those who understand physics better than I do: So, given this —

Scientists turn light into a 'supersolid' for the 1st time ever: What that means, and why it matters

For the first time, researchers transformed light into a quantum crystalline structure to create a "supersolid" that's both solid and liquid at the same time. Here’s what that means, and why it's such a big step forward.

www.livescience.com

— could this phenomenon serve as a (hypothetical) bases for lightsaber blades? (Or for that matter, movie-style “laser bolts” that are visible and smash into things? Or heck, “hard-light” holodeck-style “solid” holograms?). Just curious.

(I’m sure it’s just as likely that all the media reporting on this is just credulous woo, but that’s why I’d like to see what physics-knowledgeable folk have to say.)

I was reading in this a week ago and it is an impressive breakthrough that has some very great opportunities for learning about light but the super cold temperatures required make more Star Wars-esque use unlikely.

Here's another description in an article https://phys.org/news/2025-03-laser-supersolid.html

 

[FredH]

I was reading in this a week ago and it is an impressive breakthrough that has some very great opportunities for learning about light but the super cold temperatures required make more Star Wars-esque use unlikely.

Here's another description in an article https://phys.org/news/2025-03-laser-supersolid.html

Thanks for the link!