Liquid crystals, acting like both a liquid and a solid, create torons trapping/ twisting light into stable, swirling beams called optical vortices

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260424233215.htm

"light doesn't react to magnetic fields, overcome engineering artificial magnetic effect using birefringence, where light bends differently depending on its direction, forcing trapped light circular paths... setup placed between 2 highly reflective mirrors (optical microcavity) strengthens/ stabilizes swirling motion... orbital angular momentum reaching up to 48 dimensions enables single photon to carry significantly more information... topologically stable so less affected by noise, tunable via voltage, simpler/ scalable"