Abstract

Unfinished flax, Linum usitatissimum, soaked in a special ionic electrolyte and sandwiched between two cloth dielectrics (wool) is impedance matched to a de Tektronix 222 digital oscilloscope and used to amplify and detect ELF Schumann atmospheric waves between 1 Hz and 20 kHz. Preliminary experiments (oscilloscope recordings) indicate that the ELF Schumann frequencies vary according to geographic regions, e.g., 8 Hz in Ireland, 16 Hz in California, 24 Hz in Florida. Higher frequencies in the 1000 Hz to 2000 Hz electrical anesthesia portion of the spectrum are also evident. The ionic flax fibers act as photonic dielectric waveguide detectors for long wave ELF. Preliminary experiments indicate that atmospheric Schumann energy, which penetrates soil and living organisms, e.g., humans, acts as pump frequencies in photonic infrared communications (room temperature, 10 μm) between the cells of living organisms. The rise in blackbody IR temperature, measured when the photonic ionic cloth radio amplifier is placed against the skin, is between 0.5 and 1°C above room temperature. Further experiments are planned to determine if nonlinear coherent Cabannes scatter IR lines (surface enhanced) from skin are amplified by ELF pumping amplification. Life is photonic!

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