[time-nuts] Whispering Gallery-Mode....??

2008-04-24 Thread Michael Baker
Hello, Time-Nuts-- I have skimmed through a very interesting review publication of whispering gallery-mode oscillators http://tinyurl.com/6qsr5k but I do not see any concise explanation of why they are referred to with the rather strange name of whispering gallery-mode Can anyone give me a

Re: [time-nuts] Whispering Gallery-Mode....??

2008-04-24 Thread Jim Lux
At 10:02 AM 4/24/2008, you wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], David C. Partridge writes: From the paper: From the paper: ... can be understood by comparison with the optical concept of total internal reflection, or by the acoustic whispering galleryphenomenon experienced in large

Re: [time-nuts] Whispering Gallery-Mode....??

2008-04-24 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hal Murray writes: You start as low as go can and sweep slowly upwards until you suddenly hit a resonance of quite startling intensity. Neat. Thanks. The Exploratorium has a linear version. It's an amazing toy. (They call it an exhibit.) It's a hollow