Physicists freeze light, propose optical CPUs

[cowboy004]

Look what they are doing now!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/12/frozen_light/

[JimmyTango]

FYI, cowboy ran the power station in Ohio that f'ed up and caused that huge blackout. He was looking at bullshit on the internet instead of watching to see if his flux capacitor was overloading.

[Evan]

Is this real, or a fake?

[cowboy004]

this is real.

[Radram]

they work on optical processors right here in maryland. the company is a contractor for NSA and has won many awards for such advancements. we're not even talking GHz here , we are talking THz.

[Spirit of Me]

Here is a nother link that explains (I fell) a bit better.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3308109.stm

I look at it as more or "trapping" Light instead of freezing it... sort of like ... Schroedinger's Cat.

http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/ardlouis/dissipative/Schrcat.html

or an easier read click here

Photonics is the first step to making optical "electronics". Today we all use them sort of by using CD-ROMs and DVD's .

The enhanced DVD's will use a holographic method to more than double capaicity.

The future is about to be played, and we are the beta testers.

[Evan]

Interesting.

[DocTrebor]

Do I need to sign up?

[Spirit of Me]

Originally posted by |RS|DocTrebor
Do I need to sign up?

Hell Doc, I think you wrote the manual !