03740nam 2200649 a 450 991077896310332120230725054415.01-283-43323-097866134332371-84816-753-9(CKB)2550000000079096(EBL)840549(OCoLC)858228456(SSID)ssj0000647653(PQKBManifestationID)12256288(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647653(PQKBWorkID)10593762(PQKB)10807252(MiAaPQ)EBC840549(WSP)0000P792(Au-PeEL)EBL840549(CaPaEBR)ebr10524628(CaONFJC)MIL343323(EXLCZ)99255000000007909620120207d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSlow light[electronic resource] invisibility, teleportation and other mysteries of light /Sidney PerkowitzLondon Imperial College Press20111 online resource (156 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84816-752-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ViewingChapter 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 detailChapter 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; IndexSlow 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 LightSpeedLightTransmissionQuantum opticsPhotonsLightSpeed.LightTransmission.Quantum optics.Photons.535Perkowitz S727343MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778963103321Slow light3709675UNINA