Laser beams: knotted threads of darkness

Destructive interference may lead to complete cancellation when light waves travelling in different directions cross, and in three-dimensional space this occurs along lines that are vortices of electromagnetic energy flow. Here we confirm theoretical predictions by experimentally creating combinatio...

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Main Authors: Leach, Jonathan (Author), Dennis, Mark R. (Author), Courtial, Johannes (Author), Padgett, Miles J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2004.
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