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cell_size = 50 # micro meters, 5*10^-5 m
circuit_size = cell_size / 5


    

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import math


    

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# aproximate speed of light 3*10^8 m/s
c = 300000000

# wave frequency = c / wavelength
f = c / circuit_size * 1000000


    

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print("Approximate frequency is %f GHz" % (f / 1000000000))


    

    




Approximate frequency is 30000.000000 GHz

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# apparently, it's long-wavelength infrared
# 10 micrometers as it should be


    

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# f = 1 / (2*pi*sqrt(L*C))
# LC = sqr( 1 / (2*pi*f) )
LC = math.pow(1 / (2*math.pi*f), 2)


    

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LC # second^2


    

    
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2.8144773233982716e-29

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# aproximately energy E = h*c/lambda = h*f
# h ~= 6.6*10^-34
h = 6.6*math.pow(10, -34)
E = h*f
E


    

    
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1.9799999999999995e-20

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# electric current energy E = V*I
# aproximate mean current from the article ~ 1 picoampere
i0 = math.pow(10, -12)
# aproximate mean voltage from the article ~ 100 millivolts
v0 = 0.1
E0 = i0*v0


    

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E0


    

    
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1e-13