Photon question?

[stevensrd1]

I was wondering if anyone knew if a beam of light is split, say into two beams,,does it lose energy. Perhaps if light did not lose energy when split, we could take a beam of light, split it into several beams that shine on say solar panels,,if using the right amount of splits so to speak,,,we could get back the same or more energy then we used to make the first beam of light. Or perhaps would lasers work better I wonder for this?

[sm0ky2]

my understanding of this is that the ammount of light energy contained in the beam would also be split.

there are some anomalies, concerning where and how the light will arrive at the end of the two beams,..
but in a general sense, the total energy from the original beam, is equal to the total combined energy from the split beams.

[stevensrd1]

hmm, thought I read about light amplification with lasers, perhaps I misunderstood,,if not then lasers would have done the trick, or perhaps its all just to ahead of its time,or way behind lol. Im not the brightest light on the tree. Was just trying to think of some simple and obvious ways of solving energy issues. Thanks for the reply...

[gravityblock]

Please note:  Everything highlighted in "bold" is a reference link.

Light is a bipolar force with both an attractive and repulsive component that can be controlled.  The discovery was made by splitting infrared light into two beams that each travel on a different length of silicon nanowire, called a waveguide. The two light beams became out of phase with one another, creating a push, or repulsive force, with an intensity that can be controlled; the more out of phase the two light beams, the stronger the force.  So, after we use the bipolar force of light, then the two beams could strike a solar panel for additional energy.  Please note, this bipolar force is at the nano-scale level.  I don't see why we can't amplify the light from the sun with a parabolic dish, then split the high intensity light beam at the focal point into two beams to increase the bipolar force of light so it can be used at the macro-scale level.

The Faraday effect causes left and right circularly polarized waves to propagate at slightly different speeds, a property known as circular birefringence. Since a linear polarization can be decomposed into two circularly polarized components, the effect of a relative phase shift, induced by the Faraday effect, is to rotate the orientation of a wave's linear polarization.  This can also be used to polarize and cause two light beams to become out of phase with each other in addition to the wave-guides.  I don't see why they both can't be used together to cause the two light beams to become more out-of-phase with each other to generate a stronger repulsive force.

An optical diode, is an optical component which allows the transmission of light in only one direction. It is typically used to prevent unwanted feedback into an optical oscillator, such as a laser cavity. The operation of the device depends on the Faraday effect (which in turn is produced by magneto-optic effect), which is used in the main component, the Faraday rotator.  A Faraday rotator is an optical device that rotates the polarization of light due to the Faraday effect, which in turn is based on a magneto-optic effect.

The Faraday rotator works because one polarization of the input light is in ferromagnetic resonance with the material which causes its phase velocity to be higher than the other.

The polarization dependent isolator, or Faraday isolator, is made of three parts, an input polarizer (polarized vertically), a Faraday rotator, and an output polarizer, called an analyzer (polarized at 45 degrees)

Light traveling in the forward direction becomes polarized vertically by the input polarizer. The Faraday rotator will rotate the polarization by 45 degrees. The analyzer then enables the light to be transmitted through the isolator.

Light traveling in the backward direction becomes polarized at 45 degrees by the analyzer. The Faraday rotator will again rotate the polarization by 45 degrees. This means the light is polarized horizontally (the rotation is sensitive to direction of propagation). Since the polarizer is vertically aligned, the light will be extinguished.

It might seem at first glance that a device that allows light to flow in only one direction would violate Kirchhoff's law and the second law of thermodynamics, by allowing light energy to flow from a cold object to a hot object and blocking it in the other direction, but the violation is avoided because the isolator must absorb (not reflect) the light from the hot object and will eventually re-radiate it to the cold one.  There may be a simple solution to this, "Optical wave-guiding using thermal gradients across homogeneous liquids in microfluidic channels".

The above publication describes the design and operation of a liquid-core liquid-cladding (L2) optical waveguide composed of a thermal gradient across a compositionally homogeneous liquid flowing in a microfluidic channel at low Reynolds number. Two streams of liquid at a higher temperature (the cladding) sandwich a stream of liquid at a lower temperature (the core). This temperature difference results in a contrast in refractive index across the width of the channel that is sufficient to guide light. The use of a single homogeneous liquid in this L2 system simplifies recycling, and facilitates closed-loop operation. Furthermore, with radiative and inline heating of the liquids, it should be possible to reconfigure this optical system with considerable flexibility.

Liquids, such as water, can be used as a waveguide for light. The solar death ray can do the heating of the liquids needed for this optical thermal gradient waveguide. By using two waveguides of a different length, then the two light beams will become out-of-phase with each other to create a repulsive force that can be controlled.

An alternative to using a parabolic dish, the Double Cylindrical Point Focus Principle (DCPF) could be used as an antenna.

If a person is creative, then the above concept could be designed and tested.

GB

[gravityblock]

"Reference Links" are in bold.

'Optical Battery' Discovery Could Mean Solar Power Without Solar Cells, and is 100 million times stronger than thought possible. 

The report explains that light has both electric and magnetic components but, until now, scientists believed the magnetic field effects were weak enough that they could be ignored. Rand and his fellow researchers, however, found that at the right intensity, when light is traveling through a material that does not conduct electricity, the light field can generate magnetic effects that are 100 million times stronger than thought possible. Under these circumstances, says Rand, the magnetic fields become similar in strength to a strong electric effect.

Before, this effect had only been observed in crystalline materials that possessed a certain symmetry. This process works with materials such as glass, but presently requires light that surpasses the sun’s natural intensity. Fisher indicated they were working on finding materials that would work at lower light intensity.

A parabolic dish or the DCPF principal can be used to surpass the sun's natural intensity, so we can use materials which are readily available today.  Combine the concepts of my previous post with this post, and a very powerful system can be built with the right setup.

GB