On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
You stated that every photon interacts, loses energy and is re-emitted.
Sure, it has it's momentum changed. Think about it. The photon comes in from one direction and is absorbed/interacts with the atoms. As a result they get re-emitted (reflected) in the exact opposite direction. The point is the photons that get re-emitted ARE NOT THE SAME PHOTONS THAT WERE ABSORBED. You can't do that without losing something. photons only have one thing, energy as represented in their wavelength. The beam that gets re-emitted is less energetic than the beam that came in. Even if it does have the same phase and time coherence as the incident one. 2nd law of thermodynamics. You're confusing the intermediate vector boson as the carrier of information with the information itself. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------