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

[KA4HJH]

>>>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

Obviously the people mentioned the article in The Register haven't gotten
around to that yet. All of these schemes for slowing light down that I've
heard about recently seem to require some rather exotic conditions (the BBC
article Colin mentioned is about a scheme that works at almost absolute
zero). Maybe around about the time they get superconductors up to room
temperature making time delay effects and storage devices by slowing light
down will be practical...


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"The Mac Doctor"