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Re: quantum hype

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Crawford)
Mon Sep 22 22:39:32 2003

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:00:17 -0500
From: Matt Crawford <crawdad@fnal.gov>
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Cc: Michael_Heyman@NAI.com, cryptography@metzdowd.com

> BTW, you can decrease the wavelength of a photon by bouncing it off 
> moving
> mirrors.

Sure.  To double the energy (halve the wavelength), move the mirror at 
70% of the speed of light.  And since you don't know exactly when the 
photon is coming, keep it moving at that speed ...

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