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Droplets set light in a spin

Miles Padgett
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Miles Padgett: University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. m.padgett@physics.gla.ac.uk

Nature, 2009, vol. 461, issue 7264, 600-601

Abstract: Fusilli pasta is made by extruding dough through an appropriately shaped hole. A new method for making similar shapes in the optical field of light involves passing laser beams through droplets of liquid crystals.

Date: 2009
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