If the LENR reaction is only based solely on plasmon production, a another soft metal coating on the nickel mesh might also work in the R20 that includes silver, aluminum, copper, cesium, and so on.
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 5:43 PM Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://arxiv.org/pdf/1709.04876 > > Excitation of multiple surface plasmon-polaritons(SPPs) by an equichiral > sculptured thin film > with a metal layer defect was studied theoretically in the Sarid > configuration, using the > transfer matrix method. Multiple SPP modes were distinguished from > waveguide modes in > optical absorption for p- polarized plane wave. The degree of localization > of multiple SPP > waves was investigated by calculation of the time averaged Poynting > vector. > *The resultsshowed that the long-range and short-range SPP waves can > simultaneously be excited at both interfaces of metal core in this proposed > structure which may be used in a broad range of sensing applications.* > > When multiple dissimilar metal layers are uses to form Surface Plasmon > Polaritons(SPP), each separate layer generates it own unique polariton SPP > waveform. This could possibly means that the number of polaritons is > multiplied by the number of metal layers used. > > I wonder is a mush using multiple micro layers of nickel, palladium, and > titanium would produce three times the polariton population. > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 5:00 PM Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Plasmon entangles with heat when their energy levels are equal. This is >> what produces plasmon polaritons. Ultra dense deuterium is not needed to >> host the polariton condensate. What is needed to create this condensate is >> a high level of polariton creation. Ultra dense deuterium greatly >> facilitates this increase in polariton density because of the >> superconductive nature of this ultras dense material's superconductive >> surface which maximizes the lifespan of the polaritons. But a high >> polariton production rate can get to the critical polariton density needed >> for a polariton condensate to form. When this condensation condition is >> reached, then the heat production begins. >> >> The micro cavities in the mesh provides the amplification mechanism >> needed to help for polaritons formation, since the mixing of photons and >> plasmons is maximized by having a longer time to reach energy equilibrium. >> There is also a optimum mesh size that aids in the resonance between the >> plasmons, and phonton energy that leads to polariton formation. >> >> This mesh concept standardizes and optimizes the cavity based polariton >> formation process. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_plasmon_polariton >> >> A grating coupler matches the wave vectors by increasing the parallel >> wave vector component by an amount related to the grating period (Figure >> 2). This method, while less frequently utilized, is critical to the >> theoretical understanding of the effect of *surface roughness >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_roughness>*. Moreover, simple >> isolated surface defects such as a groove, a slit or a corrugation on an >> otherwise planar surface provides a mechanism by which *free-space >> radiation and SPs can exchange energy and hence couple*. >> >> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 4:16 PM Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: >> >>> Axil Axil wrote: >>> >>> > The palladium coating must serve only to provide a better surface >>> plasmon performance profile than does nickel. >>> >>> Not exactly the "only" purpose but certainly the Mizuno breakthrough >>> does appear to have a plasmon methodology for thermal gain using dense >>> deuterium. Palladium is the co-catalyst for densification. This is the part >>> Mills perhaps got right - you need many catalysts to maximized shrinkage >>> and nickel alone will not do it alone. >>> >>> Palladium has narrow optical properties; but primarily, it is the primo >>> spillover catalyst, which would be responsible - acting in sequence with >>> nickel to provide 6-7 different Rydberg levels for forming dense deuterium >>> from D2 gas. Perhaps it is a cascade - all the way down to the Dirac level. >>> >>> A plasmon methodology would also explain why "Type A" Pd alloy is or >>> should be used. >>> >>> As I recall, the silver content is surprisingly high in Type A - >>> something like 25% of the alloy. Silver is extraordinarily photoactive >>> (which is why compounds of silver were used in photography in the days >>> before digital). In a plasmon only context - silver makes more sense than >>> palladium. >>> >>> BTW if plasmons are the operative mechanism then much better results >>> will be had by dispensing with the heater coil and finding the proper LEDs >>> to radiate only the exact frequency which is needed (through a window)... >>> which would mean the red photons at ~590 nm in most cases. >>> >>> As it is now - heat from resistance wire does have a strong red line but >>> also 90% of the energy is in frequencies not needed for plasmons - and >>> wasted. Mizuno could bump the COP way up with photon irradiation at the >>> plasmon frequency. >>> >>> It all fits together... on paper :-) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>
