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This is a close-up view of the beam created by a vortex laser. Because the laser beam travels in a corkscrew pattern, encoding information into different vortex twists, it’s able to carry 10 times or more the amount of information than that of conventional lasers. The optics advancement could become a central component of next-generation computers designed to handle society’s growing demand for information sharing.
Image credit: Natalia Litchinitser, University at Buffalo
