1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457501403321

Autore

Perkowitz S

Titolo

Slow light [[electronic resource] ] : invisibility, teleportation and other mysteries of light / / Sidney Perkowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-43323-0

9786613433237

1-84816-753-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Disciplina

535

Soggetti

Light - Speed

Light - Transmission

Quantum optics

Photons

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNISOBVAN0066972

Autore

De Rosa, Loise

Titolo

Ricordi 2 / Loise De Rosa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Salerno, 1998

Descrizione fisica

P. 511-919 ; 22 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia