Michael Foster wrote:
>
> I suppose I'll have to go back and read your original posts on this
> subject, but if your idea depends on stimulated Brillouin scattering,
> there would be a problem of reaching a threshold, as SBS
> doesn't happen at low power densities. A high power argon-
> mercury arc with a quartz envelope might do the trick. Most of those
> low power "fluorescent" lights have an ordinary glass tube, thus
>.suppressing all of the short UV.
> subject, but if your idea depends on stimulated Brillouin scattering,
> there would be a problem of reaching a threshold, as SBS
> doesn't happen at low power densities. A high power argon-
> mercury arc with a quartz envelope might do the trick. Most of those
> low power "fluorescent" lights have an ordinary glass tube, thus
>.suppressing all of the short UV.
>
I used the word "fluorescent" loosely in referring to the 4 watt clear quartz UV lamps used
for EPROM erasers.
I suggested using a GE A-H6 1,000 watt high pressure quartz Hg lamp
that puts out 31 watts of UV below 280 nanometers. 840 volts at 1.4 amps into a volume
about 0.3 centimeters diameter x 8 centimeters length. (about 0.6 cm^3 giving about 1.6 kilowatts/cm^3)
If nothing else the film boiling of high purity H2O or D2O around the bulb surface should mimic
acoustic- induced cavitation bubble collapse,especially if the bulb is in a cylindrical cavity.
>
> Have I missed your whole concept here?
>
Nope, just a follow-up post. :-)
Fred
