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A new electrostatic ramjet space engine is proposed and analyzed. The upper atmosphere (85 -1000 km) is extremely dense in ions (millions per cubic cm). The interplanetary medium contains positive protons from the solar wind. A charged ball…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander Bolonkin

We investigate whether, and to what extent, the physical phenomenon of long-lifetime resonant electromagnetic states with localized slowly-evanescent field patterns can be used to transfer energy efficiently over non-negligible distances,…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Aristeidis Karalis , J. D. Joannopoulos , Marin Soljacic

I investigate the relativistic mechanics of an extended "cable" in an arbitrary static, spherically symmetric spacetime. Such hypothetical bodies have been proposed as tests of energy and thermodynamics: by lowering objects toward a black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-05 Colin MacLaurin

Wireless power transfer (WPT) technologies are becoming ubiquitous, but unlike wire technologies, they do not allow efficient energy transfer through barely transparent barriers. The proposed solutions to this issue rely on resonantly…

Optics · Physics 2019-09-16 Alex Krasnok

Author offers and researches a new idea - filling tubes by electronic gases. He shows: If the insulating envelope (cover) of the tube is charged positively, the electrons within the tube are not attracted to covering. Tube (as a whole)…

General Physics · Physics 2008-05-05 Alexander Bolonkin

Compared to the existing lower frequency wireless power transfer, millimeter wave (mmWave) power transfer takes advantage of the high-dimensional multi-antenna and narrow beam transmission. In this paper we introduce wireless power transfer…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-12-21 Lifeng Wang , Maged Elkashlan , Robert W. Heath, , Marco Di Renzo , Kai-Kit Wong

The current preferred envisioned method for transmitting power to a space elevator climber is a laser/photovoltaic (PV) system. In this, a ground-based laser beam would transmit megawatts of optical power through the atmosphere to an…

Popular Physics · Physics 2018-02-22 Mark A. Wessels

This experimental study investigates a new technique to keep a satellite in orbit utilizing electrodynamics. The technique consists of establishing a charge on a satellite such that the body's motion through a planetary magnetic field…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-05-22 William R. Gorman , James D. Brownridge , Mason Peck

The advancements in microwave power transfer (MPT) over past decades have enabled wireless power transfer over long distances. The latest breakthroughs in wireless communication, namely massive MIMO, small cells and millimeter-wave…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-11-27 Kaibin Huang , Xiangyun Zhou

Crowdsourcing wireless energy services is a novel convenient alternative to charge IoT devices. We demonstrate peer-to-peer wireless energy services sharing between smartphones over a distance. Our demo leverages (1) a service-based…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Pengwei Yang , Amani Abusafia , Abdallah Lakhdari , Athman Bouguettaya

Magnetoquasistatic wireless power transfer can be used to charge and power electronic devices such as smartphones and small home appliances. However, existing coil-based transmitters, which are composed of wire conductors, have a limited…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Takuya Sasatani , Alanson P. Sample , Yoshihiro Kawahara

Wireless power transfer (WPT) is a promising service for the Internet of Things, providing a cost-effective and sustainable solution to deploy so-called energy-neutral devices on a massive scale. The power received at the device side from a…

A novel effect of fast heating and charging a finite-radius plasma is discovered in the context of plasma wakefield acceleration. As the plasma wave breaks, the most of its energy is transferred to plasma electrons which create strong…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Konstantin Lotov , Alexander Sosedkin , Alexey Petrenko

We investigate the feasibility of detecting galactic orbit dark matter passing through Earth by measuring its gravitational coupling with a wire under tension. We do so by exploring the transverse and longitudinal waves induced on the wire…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-28 Thomas Belvin , Peter Shawhan

Magnetic energy is one the main agents powering our society: generating energy in power plants, keeping information in magnetic memories, moving our devices with motors. All of these applications require a certain spatial distribution of…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-05 Carles Navau , Jordi-Prat Camps , Alvaro Sanchez

The properties of energy transfer in the kinetic range of plasma turbulence have fundamental implications on the turbulent heating of space and astrophysical plasmas. It was recently suggested that magnetic reconnection may be responsible…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-08-06 Raffaello Foldes , Silvio Sergio Cerri , Raffaele Marino , Enrico Camporeale

A decade ago, non-radiative wireless power transmission re-emerged as a promising alternative to deliver electrical power to devices where a physical wiring proved to be unfeasible. However, existing approaches are neither scalable nor…

We demonstrate plasmon assisted energy transfer between fluorophores located at distances up to $7 \, \mu$m on the top of a thin silver film. Thanks to the strong confinement and large propagation length of surface plasmon polaritons, the…

Optics · Physics 2016-01-27 D. Bouchet , D. Cao , R. Carminati , Y. De Wilde , V. Krachmalnicoff

The manipulation of trapped charged particles by electric fields is an accurate, robust and reliable technique for many applications or experiments in high-precision spectroscopy. The transfer of the ion sample between multiple traps allows…

The purpose of this article is to show a different way to calculate the electron transfer between atoms. It can be used as a base for calculating the minimal electricity, showed here by Joules, necessary for the transference of electrons.…

General Physics · Physics 2021-03-22 Matheus Barbiero Pillon