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Beautiful physics: tying knots in light

Vortex knots from vibrational modes of a soliton

Vortex knots from vibrational modes of a soliton

30 October 2012

New research seeks to push the discovery that light can be tied in knots to the next level.

Vortex knots from vibrational modes of a soliton

Vortex knots from vibrational modes of a soliton

Dr Mark Dennis of the Theoretical Physics research group worked with physicists at the Australian National University on the recent paper Spontaneous knotting of self-trapped waves published in Scientific Reports, available online at http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/121025/srep00771/full/srep00771.html

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