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UNINA9910822391503321 |
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Autore |
Perkowitz S |
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Titolo |
Slow light : invisibility, teleportation and other mysteries of light / / Sidney Perkowitz |
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London, : Imperial College Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-43323-0 |
9786613433237 |
1-84816-753-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (156 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Light - Speed |
Light - Transmission |
Quantum optics |
Photons |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 What is Light? The Mystery Continues; Chapter 2 Why is Light so Fast?; Chapter 3 Can Anything Go Even Faster?; Chapter 4 Slow, Stopped, Fast, and Backwards Light; Chapter 5 Extreme and Entangled Light; Chapter 6 Invisibility; Chapter 7 Light Fantasy to Light Reality; Faster than Light Travel; Faster than Light Communication; Slow, Stopped, Fast, Backwards, and Left-Handed Light; Quantum Information Technology with Light; Laser Fusion; Invisibility; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Further Reading, Surfing, and Viewing |
Chapter 1 What is Light? The Mystery ContinuesBackground and popular treatments; Chapter 2 Why is Light so Fast?; Background and popular treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 3 Can Anything Go Even Faster?; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 4 Slow, Stopped, Fast, and Backwards Light; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 5 Extreme and Entangled Light; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail |
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Chapter 6 InvisibilityBackground and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 7 Light Fantasy to Light Reality; Background and popular treatments; For readers who want more detail; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Slow Light is a popular treatment of today's astonishing breakthroughs in the science of light. Even though we don't understand light's quantum mysteries, we can slow it to a stop and speed it up beyond its Einsteinian speed limit, 186,000 miles/sec; use it for quantum telecommunications; teleport it; manipulate it to create invisibility; and perhaps generate hydrogen fusion power with it. All this is lucidly presented for non-scientists who wonder about teleportation, Harry Potter invisibility cloaks, and other fantastic outcomes. Slow Light shows how the real science and the fantasy inspire |
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