The size of the active region of the hot spot is between 500 picometers to 100 picometers. The wavelength of a gamma ray is 10 picometers. There is not much mismatch between these sizes.
** ** On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a false assumption. Nanoplasmoics show strong coupling between >> light and electrons at 10 to the minus 8 power of the wavelength of light. >> > > Yes -- to clarify my earlier point, photons of large wavelength can also > interact with small bodies, as when you have antenna picking up radio > waves. But I haven't seen an example of the reverse -- photons of very > small wavelength having a high probability of interacting with large bodies > (or bodies with large wavelengths, I should say). > > Eric > >
