Actually, they only travel at the same speed in a pure vacuum. In matter, the speed is a function of frequency. You must divide the speed of light in a vacuum by the index of refraction of a particular frequency in air to get that frequency's speed in air. Unfortunately, I don't have a graph of index of refraction vs. wavelength for air, but the trend is the same for all materials if I recall. The index of refraction (n) goes down with increasing wavelength. Perhaps our resident optical engineer, Shawn, has a chart handy and can run the calculation for us.
- Walt -----Original Message----- From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Thor Metzinger Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 9:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Red GTS is faster You guys are forgetting one very important FACT: Red and Blue light TRAVEL AT THE SAME SPEED....light is light. 186,000m/s/s What you are really trying to solve is the VIBRATION / Frequency issue. Red DOES have a longer wavelength than blue. And when it comes to vibration....I prefer having the more Enjoyable, Comfortable LONG wavelength of red, than the SHORT, STUBBY, INADEQUATE temor-inducing wavelength on Blue. Most women agree! HA. There is one draw back to having RED, it attracts cops. THOR
