In Re: Assuming Bass is correct about sequential coupling of photons, is there anything "special" about eight coherent waves at 3.4 eV from a laser - in terms of creating or catalyzing a redundant ground state in deuterium at 27.2 eV?... at least insofar as coupling better than say 10 waves at 2.72 eV ? Obviously, the fewer waves the better would be a logical conclusion, but would an "octave equivalent" have a special resonance for coupling, as in music or antenna design?
Probably not, is my conclusion. It would be a mistake to put too much emphasis on music or even on linear antennae as a metaphor ... But ... there still could be a special resonance in LENR (for sequential coupling of photons which serve to stimulate redundancy, which is the Letts-Cravens effect). If the first step in getting to the desired goal of "pycno" involves the redundant ground states at 27.2 and 54.4 eV, as Mills suggests... but combining many hypotheses which have been mentioned in this thread - if there is also a condition for phase repetition, based on the FSC, wherein the phase alignment of frequencies is not fulfilled for three orbital cycles ... (are with me on this, so far ?) ... then a sequence of eight waves does not work out very well. In fact from the standpoint of phasing and with the limitation of using available semiconductor lasers to stimulate "redundancy" in fractional hydrogen (deuterium) then the number of nine waves works out best. This could be especially true if 3 different lasers irradiated the same area and only 3x3 waves in sequence were absorbed. BTW, the assumption for LENR underlying all of this could be that "pycno" is either the accumulated fractional redundant state at 54.4 eV (the lowest for which there is lots of experimental verification from many sources) or else (and more likely) once there is a population of deuterium at this 54.4 eV level, then quasi-BEC state takes over easily. A quasi-BEC would be one which is stable at much higher temperature, even if the stability is transient but repetitive. What are the practical consequences for the hypothesis of 9 waves being a preferred resonance for sequential coupling of photons which serve to stimulate redundancy (in three orbital phases)? The most obvious would be 27.2/(3x3) = 3.02 eV = 413 nm which is perceived as violet (purple) colored light to the human eye, not quite ultraviolet. The good news is that coherent light near this frequency has recently become available cheaply in mass produced products from Hong Kong: http://tinyurl.com/28lc44y The bad news is "near this frequency" since there is a fairly large gap between the desired value and the available value - and the low power of 5mW, which is probably generous. However, there could be an advantage to focusing several of these lasers on a single spot from wide angles, thus giving some degree of spherical convergence in addition to everything else. Perhaps 3 or 9 lasers focused on one spot would be ideal ? Jones
