Using air to deflect lasers

Using a novel method, beams of laser light can be deflected using air alone. An invisible grating made only of air is not only immune to damage from the laser light, but it also preserves the original quality of the beam, reports an interdisciplinary research team in the journal Nature Photonics. The researchers have applied for a patent for their method.

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Scientists have developed a technique to deflect high-power lasers in ambient air as reported in Nature Photonics. Sound waves are used to modulate air to create an optical grating in the beam

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