Thursday, July 16, 2020

Technion Researchers Observe Branched Flow of Light for the First Time

Amazing stuff!

"“The fact that we observe it with light waves opens remarkable new possibilities for research, starting with the fact that we can characterize the medium in which light propagates to very high precision and the fact that we can also follow those branches accurately and study their properties,” ..."

"When waves propagate through a weak disordered potential with correlation length larger than the wavelength, they form channels (branches) of enhanced intensity that keep dividing as the waves propagate. This fundamental wave phenomenon is known as branched flow. It was first observed for electrons and for microwave cavities ..."

See the Light | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology The beautiful phenomenon allows for new and exciting research opportunities in the field of Optics and Optofluidics

Link to Nature article:
Observation of branched flow of light

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Researchers observe branched flow of light for the first time A team of researchers from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has observed branched flow of light for the very first time. The findings are published in Nature and are featured on the cover of the July 2, 2020 issue.

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