Photonic chip transforms single beam of light into multiple beams, each with a panoply of different properties

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-photonic-chip-multiple-panoply-properties.html

"eliminate bulky optics and miniaturize... bombard cloud of atoms from different directions trap and cool cloud... require 6 laser beams... circuit generates beams within ultrathin tantalum pentoxide 150 nm.. polarization each of 2 split streams rotated relative to other 90°... then recombined scattered creating outgoing light beams with practically any desired phase, polarization, direction, or divergence... diagnosing and studying human diseases, trapping atoms basis world's most accurate clocks, quantum computing"

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