Whirlpools Of Light Lead To Nanostructured Glass

New nano-structured glass optical elements could significantly reduce the cost of medical imaging.In their Applied Physics Letters paper, the team describes how they have used nano-structures to develop new monolithic glass space-variant polarization converters. These millimeter-sized devices generate ‘whirlpools’ of light enabling precise laser material processing, optical manipulation of atom-sized objects, ultra-high resolution imaging and maybe even table-top particle accelerators. read more

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