This was just a wild thought, of the 'another roadside attraction'
variety ..
BTW - speaking of so-called 'frozen light' superfluids have been used to
trap and slow the speed of light. In one experiment performed by Lene
Hau, light was passed through a superfluid and found to be slowed to 17
meters per second (from ~ 300,000 km/sec) - so - if the metal foil above
was electroluminescent (like tin or indium) ??
... another variation of 'fire from ice' the "ice bomb" (OU and how ?
err... Hau?)
This was blurted out in haste, but it does make one wonder -
OK you have a highly polished roll of electroluminescent material, say
50,000 cm^2 of tin alloy, which is placed snugly in a filament wound
cylindrical reactor - and this active material is covered with a thin
layer of liquid helium and kept 'on ice' til needed...
When stimulated by an electric field, emitting light which is "muffled"
contained and reflected back and forth - between the mirrored layers for
a short time (probably becoming coherent) until the internal pressure
builds up to the million psi range and ruptures the container
catastrophically ...
Lots of photons can be emitted in a few seconds of 'buildup time'. If
this stored 'light' (i.e. accumulated volume of coherent photons) which
has been slowed (or compressed) by a factor of nearly twenty million to
one, is suddenly allowed to instantly regain its natural acceleration,
that could be quite a flash bulb, no?
The name 'Trigger' comes to mind ... and we're not talking about one
horsepower devices either, Marx Marvelous.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/pet/trigger.html
Jones
