Timeline for How would a microscopic organism create kilometre long fibre optic cables from ice
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Aug 25, 2017 at 7:03 | comment | added | Joanvo | its* (sorry for correcting) | |
Aug 24, 2017 at 13:55 | vote | accept | Daniel Masterson | ||
Aug 24, 2017 at 13:55 | comment | added | DisturbedNeo | What might be better is to have a structure that uses both Ice and Water acting as the core and cladding. The difference in their refractive indexes would be enough to cause internal reflection. | |
Aug 24, 2017 at 13:50 | comment | added | Daniel Masterson | Good ideas with the enzymes. I also thought about the organisms growing their own stalks that would then act as fibres, but wondered exactly how they would do such a thing and whether there could by alternatives. Titanium dioxide is a good solution too. With regards to the refractive indexes or water and ice. Would ice fibres work if the organism was latched to the underside of the ice though, such that the path of light would be space -> ice -> organism? And if so, is clear ice transparent enough to transmit light over the multiple kilometres of Europan ice? | |
Aug 24, 2017 at 13:42 | history | answered | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |