montgomery effect (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

montgomery effect

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Illustration of the spatially structured self-imaging phenomenon known as the Montgomery effect. The color palette corresponds to the phase profile of the light, revealing the helical wavefront of light with orbital angular momentum, re-appearing over propagation. 

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Joshua Mornhinweg

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