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November 13, 2014

Twisted light waves sent across Vienna
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2014
A group of researchers from Austria have sent twisted beams of light across the rooftops of Vienna. It is the first time that twisted light has been transmitted over a large distance outdoors, and could enable researchers to take advantage of the significant data-carrying capacity of light in both classical and quantum communications. The results of the experiment have been published in the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society's New Journal of Physics, and are accompanied by a video ab ... read more

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