Scheme of an artificial quasi-crystal with laser light. (IMAGE)

Politecnico di Milano

Scheme of an artificial quasi-crystal with laser light.

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Scheme of an artificial quasi-crystal with laser light. Light from a laser propagates in optical fibres whose special arrangement interweaves different light paths, so that the laser light mimics the quantum motion of electrons in a quasi-crystal.

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Politecnico di Milano

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