Re: Gold
Paul Brown ( (no email) )
Sat, 14 Mar 1998 21:14:09 -0700
>Question:(My mind rambles alot) if you created a chamber with a totally
>mirrored surface and projected a laser beam into it then replaced the cover
>where you shot the beam into the chamber at the instant the laser is shut
>off.....would the laser beam continue to bounce around inside the chamber
>or disappear???
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>I'd like to do this experiment, just to see what would happen. Tho I'd
>imagine you'd have to have a perfectly round sphere for a chamber and the
>mirrored surface inside would HAVE to be perfect.
>If you could store light this way indefiantly....how much light could it
>hold and could it be used in some way for power??
>
Sivlered rhodium reflector is 98% efficient. I am not aware of any reflector
with 100% efficiency.