LOL ... Ok Lakshya
But I don't really know a lot about the Quantum Gap.
The sites I posted are not really laymans sites. If you check them you will find they have a great deal of information. But neither of them have anything on the Quantum Gap.
So far as I know the Quantum Gap is as follows.
Quantum Mechanics describes the way light interacts with matter. As an example photons striking on a sheet of glass have a probability of either reflecting or passing through. All matter and light interactions can be described by QM equations.
There is a limit to the 'efficiency' of these interactions. QM says that this limit cannot be surpassed.
But in reality when the molecular structure of different materials is tested, far from achieving the limit, scientists can not even get close to it. The difference between what can be achieved by science and what is predicted by QM as the theoretical limit is known as the Quantum Gap.
Science, in the manufacture of new synthetic molecular compounds, have managed to narrow this gap but are still not close to achieving the limit.
Carbon 60 is such a compound.
The benefits of getting closer to the limit will affect the way we live in many ways. Anything that interacts with light will be affected eventually.
EG: Sunscreen, sunglasses, solar panels, car headlights, lighting, paint, etc. All have the possibility of being 20-40 times more efficient than they currently are. Fiber optic cable will possibly be able to carry 40 times its current data rate. Industry is doing its best to achieve the QM Limit.
This is known as bridging, or breaching the Quantum Gap. The fact that we are unable to breach it is not evidence that Quantum Mechanics is wrong in predicting it. Quantum Mechanics will only be wrong if we manage to surpass it. QM predicts that we will not be able to surpass it. It says nothing about not being able to reach it.
This is all I know, in laymens terms, and mathematically, about a Quantum Gap
Try this .....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuzyk_quantum_gap
cool bananas ... greg
