[sdiy] (Speaking of...)CCD as BBD????

[Scott Gravenhorst]

KA4HJH <ka4hjh at gte.net> wrote:
>>How about building an optical delay unit using the recently discovered
>>technique for slowing down light (to a standstill if required...)
>>
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1124000/1124540.stm
>>
>>Colin f
>
>Since we're getting this far out I guess this article would also be
>appropriate (all you need is 5000 miles of optic fiber for a 100 mS digital
>delay):

No Way!  I just read about some scientists who first slowed
light to around 40mph (and then were able to stop it)...  So 
I think it should be possible with very short fiber optics.  (c;
So, does anybody here have a bit of spare rubidium vapor?

>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/16795.html
>
>
>-- 
>Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
>"The Mac Doctor"
>

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