Physicists freeze light, propose optical CPUs

by **cowboy004** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:00 pm

Look what they are doing now!

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

by **JimmyTango** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:02 pm

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.

by **Evan** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:33 pm

Is this real, or a fake?

by **cowboy004** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:03 pm

this is real.

by **Radram** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:10 pm

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.

by **Spirit of Me** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:00 pm

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.

by **Evan** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:36 pm

Interesting.

by **DocTrebor** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:39 pm

Do I need to sign up?

by **Spirit of Me** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:44 pm

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

Hell Doc, I think you wrote the manual !

Physicists freeze light, propose optical CPUs

Physicists freeze light, propose optical CPUs

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