Superconductivity and the quest for free-energy are intertwined on several levels, but it is incorrect to assume that HTSC, or High Temperature Superconductivity will lead immediately to overunity, or vice versa. Some observers would say that we already have a form of HTSC now since every magnetic domain in a permanent magnet is, in effect, a �local� HTSC circuit. Every �exciton� in some varieties of metal-loaded deuterium LENR may likewise be a �local� HTSC circuit.
Superconductors lose all resistance to the flow of direct electrical current DC, and �nearly all� resistance to the flow of alternating current when cooled below a critical temperature, which is different for each superconducting material. The �nearly all� may be one of the problems in regard to also cohering free-energy... or not. IOW, a superconductor is a perfect conductor of only DC; it carries direct current with 100% efficiency because no energy is dissipated by resistive heating, which is not the same as saying that there are no other potential losses. In a HTSC loop, DC could possibly flow undiminished forever but only if zero inductive losses into other circuits are maintained - not easy. And with AC there is usually another potential circuit readily available � that being �space�. Every AC conductor is a potential broadcast antenna; which �problem� is not always a disadvantage and may be exploited to become a �feature,� as suggested below. Superconductors, and one can assume that this holds true for the "Ultraconductor" of Mark Goldes as well, conduct alternating current with some slight but varying dissipation of energy internally (a kind of phonon friction). Of course, any EMF which is induced by the HTSC circuit into another circuit, or which is "broadcast," is deducted... but deducted at near 100% efficiency. That level of loss, as it is high-efficiency loss, is why HTSC may lead to free-energy in a compound device� the kind of device where� say, the near lossless flow of energy becomes the subject of a second� or layered, �paradigm shift.� (the first being the HTSC itself) By this it is meant that HTSC may become an enabling technology for LENR in several different ways. For instance, by the simple expedient of being able to provide us with a real magnetic �flux gate� or other type of magnetic focusing, HTSC may enable magnetic devices cohere the extra-dimensional source of energy known as ZPE. But the emphasis here is not so abstract - it is on being able to produce coherent photons at very high efficiency, and in a previously �unused� range. Normally lasers with power approaching the one-watt level are not very efficient (micro-watt semiconductor lasers are efficient but you would need a huge array and these are not at the correct frequency for this application anyway), so despite whatever other advantages they may have in stimulating LENR, as in the so-called Letts� effect, their inefficiency will be a problem for a commercial device, especially a small device. When �excess� energy must be �fed back� or recycled to keep a reaction going, then efficiency in the subsystems is absolutely necessary. And many types of LENR may very likely end up being �reverse economy of scale� devices, consequently this ability of HTSC to facilitate �going small� may be invaluable. Now� after that long-winded intro, consider this potential synergy - Let us begin by saying that �on paper� we have found a QM (quantum mechanical) temperature at which a �nuclear tunneling resonance� for deuterium will occur at greatly indreased probability (it the theory is correct) in a particular matrix. This temperature range seems correct because various analysts have come up with a similar answer using different theroies and assumptions. For the sake of argument, let us say that this resonant temperature has the equivalent mass/energy of .02 eV, or two hundredths of an electron volt. We know that this level of mass energy has an associated frequency in the terahertz range, but we also know that there are NO lasers available commercially at adequate power to produce photons in this range, and even the prototype solid-state cavity devices are extremely inefficient, and unfortunately are unavailable at the moment. The $64 question is � can HTSC come to the rescue? How, one might ask? The answer is rather simple, since this temperature range and the associated wavelength are easily within the gemometric limits of the lithography techniques which are used with semiconductors. Since any HTSC should be able to carry about 125-150 times more current than a copper wire of the same physical size, we know the power we need will be available and that if we can etch two overlapping layers of HTSC film so that they will self-resonate at the desired photon output, then� voila� we should be well on the way to using HTSC as our enabling technology for LENR. It will be HTSC carrying extremely high frequency AC but we will not need discreet devices to produce the AC. The AC in the terahertz range will be all induced in overlapping HTSC circuits by mutual self-induction based on geometry alone. It is an elegant solution� except for the obvious lack - at this particular time - of a good HTSC substrate which can be etched and fabricated to he proper specifications in two overlapping layers. But by this time next year (or �sooner rather than later,� as they say), that deficiency may not be an insurmountable problem. There is probably no more active field in all of cutting-edge, corporate and government-level R&D than this field: HTSC. My only goal now is to convince one of the purveyors of an appropriate HTSC substrate that this application should be looked at. My "take" on the "ultraconductor" is that unfortunatly it is not suitable for this kind of layered etching, and moreover does not conduct in the planar dimension anyway, so it would not work as an emitter of coherent terahertz radiation. The major problem for using a coherent terahertz light source in a compound LENR device is this. Photons at this frequency cannot be reflected or focused� in effect, they �want� to go through everything � metals, ceramics, plastics, you-name-it. So how do we use them effectively? Easy ! says the naive optimist. We first produce the coherent photons on an internal planar geometry, and then of course, we surround this subsystem with our active LENR material (two discs on either side of the planar terahertz emitter)� chill approprately and then, hopefully, we will have realized our "triple coherency"... get it? Jones
