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Light oscillates much, much faster than a few hundred million times per second. Take 1 micron wavelength. At a speed of 3e8 m/s, 1 micron light oscillates 3e8/1
by oh_my_goodness 4y ago
Light oscillates much, much faster than a few hundred million times per second. Take 1 micron wavelength. At a speed of 3e8 m/s, 1 micron light oscillates 3e8/1e-6 = 3e14 times per second. Three times ten to the fourteenth power.
For anybody who doesn't juggle large numbers every day, a hundred million is 1e8. Ten to the eighth.
- photochemsyn 4y agoMaybe they meant trillions? The 10,000 times faster number seems correct though, as fiber optic carries light at ~200-300 THz and 10 GHz is the electronic standard at present.