A light crystal made of 100 light vortices (IMAGE)

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT

A light crystal made of 100 light vortices

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Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology show the realization of coupled light vortices by means of optical metasurfaces. They realized 100 light vortices, coupled to form an ordered structure, a light crystal. The study has been published in the international journal Nature Photonics.

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