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Giant fluctuations of focused light reveal hidden correlations in opaque materials

When light travels through a strongly scattering material, such as biological tissue or other disordered opaque media, it follows many different paths and produces a seemingly random speckle pattern. Wavefront shaping makes it possible to control this complex interference and focus light through suc...

Giant fluctuations of focused light reveal hidden correlations in opaque materials
Image: Phys.org
When light travels through a strongly scattering material, such as biological tissue or other disordered opaque media, it follows many different paths and produces a seemingly random speckle pattern. Wavefront shaping makes it possible to control this complex interference and focus light through such materials.

Originally published at Phys.org

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