Pencil beam (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Pencil beam

Caption

Under the right conditions, a chaotic mess of laser light can spontaneously self-organize into a highly focused “pencil beam.” This schematic shows the pencil beam formation mechanism.

Credit

MIT

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