Physicists hope to tie light beams in knots
Friday, September 12, 2008 - 11:35
in Physics & Chemistry
Usually, light beams shine in a straight line, with the possible exception of light being bent by gravity. But scientists are now investigating how to make light beams into looped and knotted configurations. The possibility for these structured light beams arises from some curious solutions to Maxwell`s equations, which describe the fundamentals of electricity and magnetism.