From: Jonathan Davis (jonathan.davis@lineone.net)
Date: Fri Feb 01 2002 - 11:06:57 MST
"Set course for 299.5, Warp 6." While such commands won't be occurring on starships
anytime soon, researchers using what they call a "coaxial photonic crystal" have managed
to send electromagnetic pulses a significant distance at three times the speed of light.
They claim that the project, although remarkable, breaks no laws of physics. In essence,
they use cavitation at the tail of the pulse to drive the front wave forward, similar in
principle to the use of cavitation to drive superfast underwater torpedo systems. Their
work appears capable of exerting profound influence upon information networking systems.
PhysicsWeb has a brief but still extremely technical discussion and the full paper is
available as a PDF.
PhysicsWeb: http://physicsweb.org/article/news/6/1/13 via Netsurfers Digest
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