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Old May 12th 05, 06:04 PM
Jim Kelley
 
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Richard Clark wrote:
What would you see if you looked into a conjugate mirror?


You need to define the particular aspect being conjugated. For example,
the person I see in the mirror appears to be right handed. In another
sense the object in the mirror moves synchronously with me as if it were
coupled to me. Any mirror exhibits conjugate behavior in some sense.
Perhaps you're alluding to phase conjugation - an interesting effect.

Hint(s): it won't matter much if you are holding a flashlight OR a
searchlight. No matter of semantics will change the perception
either. Nothing to close couple (you are close enough already). No
issue of size (as long as you can see the mirror frame - but having
said that, this will then turn the answer on the shape of the frame I
suppose). No impact will be discovered if there's another mirror
behind it. No one needs to worry about translation problems from
japanese. You won't find the answer in Kraus (or the IEEE dictionary
I suspect). Computation of gain comes with the answer (and in all
likelihood so will considerable error).


Effluvium for the sake of effluence, and vice versa.

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