Storm in a laser beam: Physicists create vortices that can transport huge amounts of data

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1064375

"manipulating metallic nanoparticles interacting with electric field... quasicrystals in geometric shapes supporting vortex design halfway between order/ chaos... relationship between vortex symmetry/ rotationality... found where particles least interacted with electric field, examining electrical field for hotspots of high vibration, and non-vibration spots... send vortices carrying 8 to 16X more information in much smaller space, at once, down optic fiber cables unpacking at destination... encoded telecommunication"

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