Physicists Make a Mobius Strip From Beams of Light 53
rossgneumann writes: A group of physicists has successfully manipulated beams of laser light into an optical mobius strip (abstract). The shape, a classic mindbender all but nonexistent in nature, has never before been seen in such an immaterial form.
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Or duelling.
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Ouch. Did that hurt?
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Dualling and duelling are different things. Dualling is making something have a dual (a pair). Duelling is shooting someone at dawn.
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It's not Super Bowl Day yet where I am, and you're not Frist Post either.
Grow up.
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This is the Web 2.0, where the tag doesn't seem to exist. Way too many articles out there without any photos, it's just sad.
Why did the photon cross the mobius strip? (Score:5, Funny)
To get to the same side.
Bazinga!
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no, because physics.
(it's actually a very old physics joke).
"mobius"? (Score:5, Interesting)
Since when did we stop using the capital M on a proper name? Do we talk about Maxwell's equations or maxwell's? Is it einstein's theory, or Einstein's?
Re:"mobius"? (Score:4, Funny)
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The worst are capital letters in bold. Those can actually block the pipes.
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D'OH!
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Actually, wouldn't capital letters be cheaper to send from an energy viewpoint? If they've got less 1's in each byte and a 0 is assumed 'lack of signal'...
They might take more pixels to draw though? So energy costs would go up at display time (assuming you're displaying it of course. Interesting - oh, unless it's black on white so then it's cheaper again...
I think I'll stop now before further thinking about this makes my head explode.
Re:"mobius"? (Score:4, Informative)
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who modded this shit up?? How about getting on topic instead of picking a slip of a shift key?
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Not horticulture; horiculture. It's the culturing of time!
(Though I would spell it as horoculture.)
Ants? (Score:3)
Cool! Please add ants too! ;)
Summary is not complete. (Score:4, Funny)
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oh, snap.
Through the looking-glass (Score:2)
Bulbous-eyed fellow, throat sac a-billow,
sweet voice melodic as the pip-squeaks
of sneakers at an NBA playoff,
what is your secret, your purpose?
I am unable to fathom you by light
scattered as if by Cupid's arrows
that never found the mark.
By photonic lance I have found thee
as in the manner of mine own kind, ever
tossing a mess of things at other things
to see what bounces back.
I am surrounded by light.
Why am I blind??
But perhaps this tuned möbius laser
will do the trick.
By use of this special lens...
we see t
Obligatory XKCD (Score:2)
381 [xkcd.com]
Next up: (Score:2)
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No, that would be a magnetic klein bottle trap.
Why?
Don't bother the scientists, they are doing "Good work" in all fields unorientable.
Nonexistant in nature? (Score:2)
The Moebius Strip was at most non-existant in nature until the first child had clumsy fingers when tinkering together a paper bracelet. [mathnstuff.com]
Stupid question from an ignoramus (Score:2)
Never mind how you twist light into a Mobius strip.
How do you twist light into a regular strip in the first place?
Re:Stupid question from an ignoramus (Score:5, Informative)
you use a laser and a crystal with a polar void along the wave axis. Such setups have been in use since the 1970s in things like micromanipulators, planet detectors (yes, planet detectors), and most recently quantum bits.