Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
This sounds like very good news!!
Is that as huge as it sounds like it is, or am I confused? Hagelstein
predicted there was a way to make it work, they tested it, and bingo, it
works that way -- like wow, this sounds like actual, solid, *science*,
guys!
I talked to Dennis Letts at the conference during his poster presentation.
He provided an internet based live demo and I watched the laser turn on
and the temperature increase. The calculation provided by Peter was for
the phonon resonances of the deuterated palladium. 10 THz is about a
27 micrometer wavelength. The frequencies tested were generated as
a difference frequency between two solid state visible light lasers one of
which was tunable. No separate mixing was provided and both lasers
were focused at the same spot.
This is certainly good news, but I don't think it is a major breakthrough.
It is well known that disturbances of different kinds that result
in deuterium diffusion through the palladium increase the CF effect.
It is interesting that the frequencies used are in the thermal infrared.
Higher operating temperatures also known enhance the CF effect. The
experiment certainly suggests that tunable laser excitation can
provide clues to what is going on.
I think the Mizuno paper that Jed is working on finishing for the
web site is of major importance and may be quite close to a practical
thermal energy source for power generation.
George Holz
Varitronics Systems
