Photonic hopfions: Light in the shape of a smoke ring that behaves like a particle
The light can be shaped into a structure resembling a twisted smoke ring. Credit: Y. Shen and Z. Zhu. We can frequently find in our daily lives a localized wave structure that retains its shape as it propagates – imagine a ring of smoke flying through the air. Similar stable structures have been studied in …
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