Thanks for the info Robin... I forgot about slow light; and I think there was an article in the last 6 months about a group of researchers actually stopping light. That's a little too "beam me up" for my taste. But my original posting was this: "Has anyone heard of a 'photonic battery'... i.e., a way to store and controllably release photons?"
The key phrase being "controllably release"... Then I read your second post about phosphorescence and wiki'd it, and it seems there are some substances that release their 'trapped' photon energy in minutes to hours... That's not bad, but nowhere did it indicate that this release was controllable. It was controlled by the "throw the dice" quantum mechanical probabilities bullpucky... And John Berry's suggestion of using a black hole, although thought provoking, isn't really practical. Not too many black holes close by, thank <religious topic ban in effect; insert favorite deity here>. -Mark -----Original Message----- From: mix...@bigpond.com [mailto:mix...@bigpond.com] Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 3:54 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Question for the Vort collective... In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:29:14 -0700: Hi, [snip] >So, to summarize, although some physical/atomic phenomenon exists that >"kind of, sort of," acts like a photonic battery, there really isn't >any commercial or practical product with reasonable functionality... > >Thx! > >-Mark BTW - all phosphorescent materials are essentially photonic batteries. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.65/2171 - Release Date: 06/12/09 05:55:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.65/2171 - Release Date: 06/12/09 05:55:00
