Slow Light

Invisibility, Teleportation, And Other Mysteries Of Light

Sidney Perkowitz (Emory Univ, Usa)

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Imperial College Press
29 July 2011

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Light (optics)

Slow Light is a popular treatment of today's astonishing breakthroughs in the science of light. Even though we don't understand light's quantum mysteries, we can slow it to a stop and speed it up beyond its Einsteinian speed limit, 186,000 miles/sec; use it for quantum telecommunications; teleport it; manipulate it to create invisibility; and perhaps generate hydrogen fusion power with it. All this is lucidly presented for non-scientists who wonder about teleportation, Harry Potter invisibility cloaks, and other fantastic outcomes. Slow Light shows how the real science and the fantasy inspire each other, and projects light's incredible future.

Emory physicist Sidney Perkowitz discusses how we are harnessing the mysteries of light into technologies like lasers and fiber optics that are transforming our daily lives. Science-fiction fantasies like Harry Potter's invisibility cloak are turning into real possibilities. Please click here for more info.

By: Sidney Perkowitz (Emory Univ Usa)
Imprint: Imperial College Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 224mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9781848167520
ISBN 10: 1848167520
Pages: 150
Publication Date: 29 July 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

What is Light? The Mystery Continues; Why is Light so Fast?; Can Anything Go Even Faster?; Slow, Stopped, Fast, and Backwards Light; Extreme and Entangled Light; Invisibility; Light Fantasy to Light Reality.

Reviews for Slow Light: Invisibility, Teleportation, And Other Mysteries Of Light

With an elegant and clear style, Perkowitz takes the reader through the reality of these remarkable phenomena, including the strange quantum effects related to entanglement. Here is an author who is keen to show that what we know is already amazing, without having to pour over the purely hypothetical. -- CERN Courier CERN Courier