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Gamma Ray Prism
Category: Science > Physics Asked by: ralabate-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
16 Dec 2005 12:31 PST
Expires: 15 Jan 2006 12:31 PST Question ID: 606600 |
Can a prism seperate radio waves and gamma rays in the same way that it seperates visible light? |
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Re: Gamma Ray Prism
From: brainfor20cells-ga on 16 Dec 2005 13:22 PST |
Technically, a prism is just a piece of glass or plastic, or even a raindrop, that refracts, or bends, light waves as they pass through it. Light waves of any spectrum will bend in different amount as they travel out of one substance and into another. The prism effect most people are familiar with is caused by the bend in visible light waves as the air-to-glass transition easily bends different colors different amounts. After bouncing off the back of the prism, the bent light exists the prism and reenters the air, bending further. The separation of colors are more readily distinguished with increased distance from the prism. Just as glass transmits visible light, most objects offer little resistance to gamma rays. Radio also finds its ways through glass and many other surfaces. Just like light of any frequency, they both will refract when crossing boundaries, but the amount will be negligible, unless a prism or a suitable material is devised for the specific wavelengths you wish to separate. |
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Re: Gamma Ray Prism
From: fstokens-ga on 20 Dec 2005 16:18 PST |
One problem with making optics for short wavelengths (x-rays, gamma rays, etc.) is that the wavelengths are similar in size to atoms, so you get a lot of diffraction from the atomic lattice. This is not an issue with visible light optics, as visible wavelengths are much larger than atoms and atomic spacings. |
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Re: Gamma Ray Prism
From: amit727-ga on 11 Jan 2006 08:23 PST |
Yes! a prism can seperate radio waves and gamma rays in the same way that it seperates visible light. But the real problem is that we have not yet prepared any optical instrument for the short wave-lengths like the gamma rays. This is becouse in making this instruments, the short-wavelengths are similar to size of atoms, so in this case we get great diffraction (from the atomic lattice).This waves i.e. gamma rays & radio waves get little resistance hrough various objects.But objects with the help of nanotechnology can give a significant resistance to these waves. But in case of the visible light - the wavelengths are too large than the atoms.so we do not get large diffraction here. But the optical instruments which can seperate short-wavelenth rays can be prepared with the help of the newly developing Nanotechnology.The work is out to be done but its possible.We here in Nanontechnology the atomic spacing are too large and its solves our present problem. But at pesent we cannot seperate radio waves and gamma rays with the help of gamma prism.We have to wait for it now.It can really create miracles if we prepare such prism in he field of communicaion and energy. |
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