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  • Free software and GTK enthusiast
  • Writer of the GTK port of Inform 7

  • May
    12
    comment What's the physical significance of using fourier transform for diffraction?
    I wrote an answer about that here a while ago...
    Apr
    13
    comment Definition of frequency domain coordinates
    You may be interested in my answer here explaining about plane wave components, also known as spatial frequencies.
    Mar
    21
    answered Trapping EM radiation
    Feb
    28
    comment Rubber band stretched produces heat and when released absorbs heat.. Why?
    @Nathaniel My final term freshman year project in university was to build one of those. It's been a long time so I don't remember the details, and I think I lost the project report :-P We insulated the water in a styrofoam container to keep the environment from warming it up too much, and it got quite cold to the touch. We weren't able to get it anywhere near freezing though.
    Feb
    23
    comment Optical trapping problem
    You've got the wrong idea about optical trapping. Or perhaps you're referring to something I've never heard of? Can you elaborate?
    Feb
    9
    awarded  Tumbleweed
    Feb
    4
    revised What is the correct definition of “group velocity dispersion”?
    Clarified what I am asking
    Feb
    2
    asked What is the correct definition of “group velocity dispersion”?
    Jan
    28
    answered How to determine real part of optical conductivity by reflectivity measurements?
    Jan
    27
    comment Spectral luminous efficiency as a function of wavelength
    Do you have a reliable source for that?
    Jan
    4
    comment Why doesn't my pinhole camera work?
    +1 for doing your own experiment though!
    Dec
    6
    awarded  Enlightened
    Dec
    6
    awarded  Nice Answer
    Dec
    4
    answered Angle of rays leaving a light source
    Dec
    4
    awarded  Constituent
    Nov
    27
    awarded  Caucus
    Nov
    20
    awarded  optics
    Nov
    19
    revised Photon energy - momentum in matter
    expanded answer to include Abraham-Minkowski controversy and microscopic picture
    Nov
    19
    comment Photon energy - momentum in matter
    actually, three: 1) $p=\hbar k$ is only valid for a photon in a plane wave mode, which people usually gloss over; 2) saying that phase matching is due to conservation of momentum is not accurate, despite it being popular to say in nonlinear optics; 3) of course you are right that the photon is traveling mostly in vacuum and so has $p=h\nu/c$; but that expression is useless at the scale of macroscopic dielectric media.
    Nov
    19
    comment Photon energy - momentum in matter
    I've thought and discussed about it some more and come to two insights: