Slow Light

Invisibility, Teleportation, And Other Mysteries Of Light

By: Sidney Perkowitz

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Paperback | 29 July 2011

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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.

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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"
This excellent little book tells of the truly marvelous properties of light that have been revealed in the last half century or so. Highly recommended. -- Choice "Choice"

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Introduction	p. ix
What is Light? The Mystery Continues	p. 1
Why is Light so Fast?	p. 15
Can Anything Co Even Faster?	p. 27
Slow, Stopped, Fast, and Backwards Light	p. 45
Extreme and Entangled Light	p. 63
Invisibility	p. 81
Light Fantasy to Light Reality	p. 103
Acknowledgements	p. 121
Further Reading, Surfing, and Viewing	p. 123
Index	p. 139
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Slow Light

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