Is there an artificial material or structure of materials that can record or store light?

Question

I don't mean as in a photograph, I mean the light itself. Such that using this material during the day would later give you an accurate account of every last photon that hit it from any direction. Thus giving you color, intensity, and direction that could later on be used for other purposes. The ideal of this material would be the ability to than release the stored light again, as if you had cought it in a mirror and stored it until you chose to see the reflection.

Answer 1

My apologies to the previous answer-"ers", but they're wrong. Scientists have managed to "freeze" light in space. The methodology is beyond me (a cloud of ultra-cold sodium atoms), but they described the frozen beam as gel-like.
Of course this is far from what you describe, but the first daguerrotype was also far from the the HD images we have today. The principal idea is there.

Answer 2

I don't think it's possible to physically 'store' light, as it moves much too fast to be contained. the closest you can do is take it, convert it into a more usable form, such as electricity, and store it like that.

I don't know if what you're describing is even physically possible, but it would be something to see (or not see, as all the light that hit it would be absorbed, thus making it appear black).

Answer 3

phosphorous & some other substances can accumulate and give off light. but they give liek 5% of what they receive.

literally "storing" light is not possible at present, whoever makes such a thing will make tons of money.

Answer 4

Nope.