Bead Dazzle! (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Bead Dazzle!

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At left, a tiny bead struck by a laser (at the yellowish spot shown at the top of the image) produces optical modes that circulate around the interior of the bead (pinkish ring). At right, a simulation of how the optical field inside a 5-micron (5 millionths of a meter) bead is distributed.

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Angel Fernandez-Bravo/Berkeley Lab, Kaiyuan Yao

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