On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:05:39PM -0400, Rob Lockhart wrote: > > Mike M wrote: > > | On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 05:26:04PM -0400, Rob Lockhart wrote: > | > |> I have MSEE and coursework of MSPhysics but generally what you're > |> looking for is the propagation velocity; approximately 0.7c (c = > |> 3x10^8 m/s). Optically it goes as c/n (n=index of refraction) > |> but electrically you have to look at the problem as a waveguide. > |> More details follow, gotta pick up my son from daycare :-) > | > | > | Now it's going to get fun B-). I had to drop Optics 'cause I was > | blown away by the math at the time. Particle? Waves? Pick one. > | > > The right answer is "both". It acts like both, depending on which > property you're trying to exploit (i.e., momemtum info => particle; > reflection/refraction => wave)
Hey, that's pretty easy. So it's not arbitrary :-)? You should've been teaching that optics class. > > Heh yeah the optics was pretty fun and the most applicable to real > life. It gets really weird when you start talk about tunnelling and > other such effects in Quantum Mechanics, and perturbation theory, etc. It would be fun to go back and try it again without the pressure to graduate and get a job. Maybe that's the true test of geekdom - you would study physics...for FUN! > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFBY0TjcGRHIMeR5bcRAvefAKCc21A556Xr8evhALOY9QjFRRDK1ACfQkOH > cqoQCfzIWIb9CmkipmIX7QY= > =yUt1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- Mike Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate paradigm. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
