A phase it's going through

David S. Citrin
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David S. Citrin: David S. Citrin is in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0250, USA, and the Unité Mixte Internationale 2958 Georgia Tech-CNRS, Metz, France. david.citrin@ece.gatech.edu

Nature, 2007, vol. 449, issue 7163, 669-670

Abstract: When we observe laser light, we typically measure its intensity, and so wave amplitude. The phase, which encodes further details of the laser's internal workings, was obscure — but fresh light is being shed on it.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1038/449669a

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