Amazingly see the light move at a rate of 10,000,000,000 frames per second

We all know the speed of light is 299,792,458 m / sec, and it is almost impossible to shoot with the camera. But researchers at the California Institute of Technology have built a special camera that allows us to see how light moves.

It is the world's fastest camera named T-Cup capable of rotating at 10 trillion frames per second. This speed is fast enough to capture moving light images. In October last year, this special camera was put into operation.

Recently, the YouTube channel boys The Slow Mo Guys had a chance to go to CalTech to see the T-Cup as well as share the process of filming the speed of light.

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Peng Wang, a postdoctoral researcher helped them with the process of preparing and filming light. In the first test, they will proceed to spin the light beam through a bottle of water mixed with a little milk to see the light at 100 billion frames per second. The time for the light beam to go from the top to the bottom of the bottle is about 2000 picoseconds, which is equivalent to about 1 part per trillion seconds.

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Next, to reflect the movement of the Wang beam using a special container with mirrors and rotating at a rate of 100 billion frames per second.

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In the next test, they will shoot the light from the left of two statues simulating two guys Gav and Dan of The Slow Mo Guys at 500 billion frames per second. The time for light rays to pass through the two statues is about 450 picoseconds.

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In the final test, Wang used a camera capable of rotating up to 10 trillion frames per second to return to the process of light rays passing through a diluted milk tube of only a few millimeters in size. This time, the light travel time only takes about 50 picoseconds.

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Scientists at CalTech hope, they can increase rotation speeds by up to 1 million million (1,000,000,000,000,000) frames per second in the future.

We invite you to follow the whole process of testing the movement of the light of two YouTube channel boys The Slow Mo Guys in the video below.