"Scientists Develop Breakthrough System to Tame the Chaotic Nature of Light"
Scientists have discovered a new system to control the chaotic behavior of light by tailoring its scattering patterns using light itself. By designing a stadium-shaped cavity with two channels that direct light into the cavity, researchers were able to interfere and control the scattering of light beams. This control was enabled through a rare behavior of light called "reflectionless scattering modes," which had been theoretically predicted but not observed in optical cavity systems. The ability to manipulate these modes has implications for energy storage, computing, and signal processing, paving the way for advancements in fiber optics.
