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Europhysics News
Volume 46, Number 5-6, September-December 2015
Special issue on the science of light
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Page(s) | 13 - 17 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2015501 | |
Published online | 20 November 2015 |
Guiding light
Light trapped in hair-thin optical “wires” made of transparent materials such as glass can be piped around tight corners in computer chips, across oceans in telecommunications and back and forth inside a cavity in lasers. By eliminating beam diffraction, and allowing precise control over the beam shape and the chromatic dispersion, optical waveguides make many astonishing things possible.
© European Physical Society, EDP Sciences, 2015
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