This is a good start, IMHO. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=nanoplasmonics&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CD4QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phy-astr.gsu.edu%2Fstockman%2Fdata%2FStockman_Phys_Today_2011_Physics_behind_Applications.pdf&ei=f52zUduoF8fF0QGttIGgAg&usg=AFQjCNHdcmFaRe9tfcLMzk1V8uwPQ8OvXA&bvm=bv.47534661,d.dmQ
On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 4:14 PM, <pagnu...@htdconnect.com> wrote: > Jones, > > This is a worthy project. > I am still trying to re-learn the optical physics I forgot years ago. > So, I cannot add much input yet, but if LENR is real, probably some kinds > of coherent phenomena are involved. If I have any insights, I will post > them later. > > Also, if you have references for electron spin-to-work conversion, please > post URLs of any available online papers. > > BTW, here is a paper on super-/sub-radiance that generalizes the > phenomenon to entangled systems larger than wave-length size - > > "Quantum interference initiated super- and subradiant emission from > entangled atoms" > http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.2989 > > -- Lou Pagnucco > > Jones Beene wrote: > > It might be informative for any of us who have an interest in coherent or > > semi-coherent emission and absorption in the optical spectrum (or lower), > > to take this idea further - and try to find actual parameters for a > > stimulated lasing regime which "on paper" could be active inside the > > stainless tube of the HotCat. A good place to start is "chemisorption." > > Can we "supersize" it? > > > > Such an outcome could be inadvertent (on Rossi's part) and it could be > > "quasi" coherent, in the sense of superradiant. And the purpose is not to > > produce a beam per se- but to produce an internal resonance for thermal > > gain via a photon positive feedback of some type. > > > > Here is a paper on optical pumping of an IR laser > > > http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1006553 > > > > Thermal input alone can in principle provide the IR light needed by the > > lasing medium, which we could presume as a starting argument is a > hydrogen > > based molecule. However, the input of HotCat would surely be limited to a > > long wavelength based on 800 degree C thermal radiation unless it comes > > from > > a chemical reaction triggered by that thermal input. If the gain is > > related > > to a whole fraction of the Rydberg energy, then there are only a few > > frequencies of interest in this range. > > > > In the paper above, experiments are performed on a optically pumped KF or > > hydrogen fluoride laser. Rotation-vibration transitions in the (2,0) band > > around 1.3 micrometers are pumped, and lasing is observed on (2,1) band > > transitions near 2.7 micrometers. As fate would have it, a transition of > > interest in "chemisorption" known reactions happens to be in this same > > micron range. That is the hydrogen-copper system. It has a large > > activation energy of .35 to .85 eV. which includes two Rydberg whole > > fractions. > > > > The vibrational excitation of the hydrogen molecule is known to promote > > dissociation on low index surfaces of copper and copper nickel. As it > > turns out, .85 eV is a whole fraction of the Rydberg energy and along > > with .425 eV would be of interest as the active semi-coherent radiation > > spectra capable of the ultimate goal - sequential pumping protons lodged > > in nickel into deeply redundant ground states ... where gain comes from > > conversion of electron angular momentum into energy. No nuclear > > transitions are required for this. > > [...] > > >
