A Standing Wave of Light (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

A Standing Wave of Light

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Real-time, unprocessed video of standing waves of light in a 15-micrometer-long, zero-index waveguide taken with an infrared camera. The perceived motion is caused by atmospheric disturbances to the free- standing fibers that couple light onto the chip, changing the relative phase between the two incoming beams.

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Harvard SEAS

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