Holy orbiting photon, Batman, we have a new "twist" to optical theory!
Let's see, Maxwell's equations require that the electric and magnetic components of the wave be orthogonal, but nothing requires those two components to be in phase with each other. Is this what's got the photons panties in a twist?
--Boot
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11/19/2003 3:30:56 AM PST by
Boot Hill
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To: Boot Hill
Given that the shape of photons with OAM is helical, I guess this now qualifies as a light meal.
2 posted on
11/19/2003 3:42:11 AM PST by
ovrtaxt
( http://www.fairtax.org **** Forget ANWR. Drill Israel !)
To: Boot Hill
So, if we consider light a wave of energy rather than a particle, what are the ramifications of other electromagnetic emissions, i.e. any waves across the spectrum such as x or gamma or micro waves, with OAM properties? Maybe a new Muslim Killer for the troops?
3 posted on
11/19/2003 3:48:12 AM PST by
ovrtaxt
( http://www.fairtax.org **** Forget ANWR. Drill Israel !)
To: Boot Hill
Out of phase orthogonals can certainly put ones panties in a twist. :-)
4 posted on
11/19/2003 3:54:41 AM PST by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
To: Boot Hill; PatrickHenry; RadioAstronomer; Piltdown_Woman; longshadow; Physicist
Great post, Boot Hill
To: r9etb
"photons can also have orbital angular momentum"
--Boot
9 posted on
11/19/2003 4:34:31 AM PST by
Boot Hill
To: Boot Hill
...we have a new "twist" to optical theory! Well, plug that into your calculator and smoke it!
12 posted on
11/19/2003 6:01:30 AM PST by
randog
(Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
To: Boot Hill
Does light have its own DNA?
Looks like a DNA helix.
14 posted on
11/19/2003 7:08:33 AM PST by
Chewbacca
(I talk to myself because it is the only way I can have an intelligent conversation.)
To: Boot Hill
But can light twist and shout?
17 posted on
11/19/2003 7:50:51 AM PST by
null and void
(Lord Hildamort!™ - She Who Must Not Be Named)
To: Boot Hill; petuniasevan
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18 posted on
11/19/2003 9:01:00 AM PST by
RightWhale
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To: Boot Hill
TE and TM waves.......... I thought we knew that back in Maxwell's time...
To: Amelia
I think you'll like this one. ;-)
22 posted on
11/19/2003 9:19:45 AM PST by
Scenic Sounds
(Hoy, no tengo ningún mensaje a compartir.)
To: Boot Hill
Like this?
To: Boot Hill
Warp Nine now, Mr. Data!
25 posted on
11/19/2003 9:29:21 AM PST by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Excellence In Posting Since 1999)
To: Boot Hill
Light Can Twist as Well as Spin Holy Foot Candles Batman - Light has been taken over by the DemoncRATS!
29 posted on
11/19/2003 1:09:54 PM PST by
N. Theknow
(Be a glowworm, a glowworm's never glum, cuz how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum.)
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ping
To: Boot Hill
I don't get any of this, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
To: Boot Hill
Anyone who lived through the disco era could have told them that.
40 posted on
11/20/2003 9:44:21 AM PST by
rogers21774
(The guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center.)
To: Boot Hill
Light penetrates the darkness like a drill?
The old Chubby Checker Effect.
48 posted on
11/20/2003 10:22:17 PM PST by
Consort
To: Boot Hill
The twist is simply a consequence of a spinning wave. Just like our liberal media. HEHEHEHE!
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