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In Reply to: RE: The world of acoustics posted by rick_m on March 24, 2015 at 08:45:29
Well, while Boltzman's constant is kind of the right idea it's actually the de Broglie wavelength that determines the transition point from classical physics and quantum physics for things like CD lasers and the Intelligent Chip and many other things. Thus, when a particle, e.g. Electron is confined I,e., trapped, in an enclosed space with dimensions less than about 50 atomic diameters (10 nanometers) it can no longer move as a particle but MUST move as a wave. And photons emitted in this case must be coherent, I.e. Waves. Thus the CD laser is an example of photons acting only as waves. So is the Intelligent Chip, I.e. Quantum dots.
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"Boltzman's constant is kind of the right idea"
Perhaps it was Planck's constant, that would make more sense. I'm reading a book on thermodynamics and have Boltzmann on the brain. And it's not a pretty picture...
Could you recommend further reading re. the trapped electron business?
TNX, Rick
They don't call it "nanotechnology" for nothing. Forget Planck's constant and Boltzman's constant. The scale you're looking for is on the order of 10-9 meters. Make sense? That's what the de Broglie wavelength is all about. Google quantum confinement. That's where the effects take place. But as schroedinger wisely pointed out quantum mechanics reaches to the macro. That's kind of the whole point.Big things have small beginnings. - Prometheus
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"But as schroedinger wisely pointed out quantum mechanics reaches to the macro. That's kind of the whole point.
And that's just what I wish to understand!
Thanks for the pointer.
Rick
Look out! Rick is on the move!
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