Whispering-gallery wave known as surface plasmons has been demonstrated in the form of whispering-gallery waves, and likewise for exciton-polaritons in semiconductors. Galleries simultaneously containing both acoustic and optical whispering-gallery waves have also been made, exhibiting very strong mode coupling and coherent effects. Hybrid solid-fluid-optical whispering-gallery structures have been observed as well. Whispering-gallery wave Whispering-gallery waves, or whispering-gallery modes, are a type of wave that can travel around a concave surface. Originally discovered for sound waves in the whispering gallery of St Paul’s Cathedral, they can exist for light and for other waves, with important applications in nondestructive testing, lasing, cooling and sensing,
Whispering Pines, North Carolina Whispering Pines, North Carolina Whispering Pines is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,928 at the 2010 census. Whispering Pines is located at (35.255583, -79.370890). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (17.44%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,090 people, 970 households, and 770 families residing in the village. The population density was 689.9 people per square mile (266.3/km²). There were 1,054 housing units at an average density of 347.9 per square