Laser light can contain intricate, beautiful fractals

Despite their simplicity, certain lasers can create the complex patterns

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PATTERNED LIGHT Some lasers can produce detailed patterns called fractals (one shown in a simulation)

Wits University

February 5, 2019 at 9:00 am - More than 2 years ago

Fractals commonly show up in nature, from spiral-shaped seashells to heads of cauliflower. Now physicists have found these complex, self-repeating patterns in a very unnatural spot: laser light.

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