The Dynamic Etalon
The Dynamic Etalon was conceived and developed as an economical tool for magnetic research. Basically, this unique lens is a Fabry-Perot Interferometer combined with a modified Hele-Shaw cell. The nano particle mixture within the lens respond dynamically in the presence of a magnetic field.
A real-time holographic representation of magnetic flux is clearly visible to the observer or image recorder, unlike a typical computer generated pattern plotted by software.
Similar effects can be obtained from magnetic viewing film, but the Flux Resonator™ dynamic etalon lens renders a 3-D image, greater detail, and couples perfectly with a laser to function in the transmission mode. Alternatively, these lenses can be edge lit for a spatial presentation of magnetic flux.
In mid-2004, our work with near-field coupling led to the construction of a special type of lens utilizing the ferrohydrodynamic properties of a Ferrofluid. A successful device was constructed that rendered the H-field visible to the naked eye as a real-time 3-dimensional event.
Continued refinements led to the creation of a dynamic etalon.
A unique device requires a unique name. Because the etalon functions as a resonator of light, and magnetic flux is responsible
for aligning the nano particles, the term Flux Resonator™ seemed appropriate.
Over the course of several years, a handful of curious experimenters came forward to examine these lenses and provide their
own theories describing this unusual event.
Continued testing of these lenses utilizing electromagnetic fields gave rise to the use of magnets. From an efficiency standpoint,
magnets are much easier to use. They are always 'on', continuously generating a field without generating heat, and they don't
consume power while doing so. As of 2008, almost all the test procedures have been performed with magnets.
Magnet configurations range from cylinder to sphere, cube, bar and ring. Each contribute their own spatial pattern, dependent
upon their fields orientation. A variety of light sources have been used in these tests. Incandescent, LED and laser exhibit their
own photonic pattern in the transmission mode of operation.
