A thought Experiment (Gedankenexperiment) can be intuitive ... yet Fran Roarty may be the only person that I can convince of the following.
First, consider that "Matter waves" (de Broglie waves) could in principle be made resonant with optical waves - this was realized as far back as 1982 but visible light is too high in frequency, in general - and only IR is realistic. We have talked about this for years here, as well - going back long before Rossi under the heading of "triple coherency". In the SPP context, triple coherency is phonon, photon and electron (exciton) resonant alignment - perhaps not full coherency but superradiance. The inherent stability is due to an interaction of three wave forms; each serves to reinforce the others in a way that only two coherent parameters could not accomplish. Rossi's device could be in whole or in part a triple coherency device (in the sense of superradiance) especially if the aluminum is nanoporous at 2-12 nm. That is unknown. Sintered alumina seems to fit that category but more needs to be known. So - how would one design a Laser-like device, and experiment to exploit SPP, photon coherence (or superradiance) and Casimir cavities - so that a DCE (dynamical Casimir effect) can be the source of gain using electrical input, multiplying photons and collecting thermal output? First, here is a video of how an oscillating mirror "creates photons" which has actually been shown to happen in real experiment at low power. Thus we can base this thought experiment on a real effect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDzqqsTFywk Can the phenomenon have been multiplied, almost by accident? It's a stretch. But triple coherency could be possible in a narrow range of IR when Casimir cavities are part of the structure of the device. Again, this would be mutual resonance for photons, phonons and electrons (the matter wave of the electron as it interacts with an exciton). At one time, we were suggesting a high AC frequency for the electron, not likely in a ceramic - but "static" charge is possible. A 0.1 eV photon has a wavelength of 12.40 microns. For an electron with a kinetic energy of .0001 eV the associated deBroglie wavelength is about the same a .1 eV photon but that is too "cold" so perhaps we need electrons at the 137 THz as well. In effect, this would be a free electron - oscillating exciton hole pair. The entire structure is semi-coherent if it is also a semiconductor. Has the alumina become doped? If not, most ceramic (most matter) becomes semiconducting at high temperature. The basic concept is that SPP are formed on the metal/ceramic interface - creating both incandescence and high electric fields, and some of the IR becomes semi-coherent, following which: photons are multiplied by DCE in Casimir cavities of the alumina as the cavity walls become resonant with the photon wavelength. It is a stretch but at least as likely, to my thinking, as any nuclear explanation... since there is no radiation, no radioactive debris, and since pure isotopes have been salted into the sample, meaning they did not arise from real transmutation and are there solely as a distraction to hide something. Of course, if the alumina tube does not have Casimir porosity, then we need to look elsewhere for a source of gain - but first we must be sure that there is gain. So far there is not even real proof of thermal gain. Jones
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