Bruno and others, here is how a Star Trek transporter work(taken from
Memory Alpha):
A typical transport sequence began with a coordinate lock, during
which the destination was verified and programmed, via the targeting
scanners. Obtaining or maintaining a transporter lock enables the
transporter operator to know the subject's location, even in motion,
allowing the beaming process to start more quickly. This is an
essential safety precaution when a starship away team enters a
potentially dangerous situation that would require an emergency beam-
out.
A transporter lock is usually maintained by tracing the homing signal
of a communicator or combadge. When there is a risk that such devices
would be lost in the field or are otherwise unavailable, personnel may
be implanted with a subcutaneous transponder before an away mission to
still provide a means to maintain a transporter lock. Alternatively,
sensors may be used to scan for the biosign or energy signature of a
subject, which can then be fed into the transporter's targeting
scanner for a lock.
Next, the lifeform or object to be beamed was scanned on the quantum
level using a molecular imaging scanner. At this point, Heisenberg
compensators take into account the position and direction of all
subatomic particles composing the object or individual and create a
map of the physical structure being disassembled amounting to billions
of kiloquads of data.
Simultaneously, the object is broken down into a stream of subatomic
particles, also called the matter stream. The matter stream is briefly
stored in a pattern buffer while the system compensates for Doppler
shift to the destination.
The matter stream is then transmitted to its destination via a
subspace frequency. As with any type of transmission of energy or
radiation, scattering and degradation of the signal must be monitored
closely. The annular confinement beam (ACB) acts to maintain the
integrity of the information contained in the beam. Finally, the
initial process is reversed and the object or individual is
reassembled at the destination.
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Received on Mon Sep 21 2009 - 13:30:53 PDT