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How To Make a Spiral Out of Light—The Optical Vortex Experiment

2019-12-13

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In this video I show you how to make light that has orbital angular momentum and what it looks like shined on a screen ,This type of light is called spiralized light, or an optical vortex.

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https://spookyactionbook.com/2016/04/10/how-to-demonstrate-twisted-light-using-a-laser-pointer/

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Introduction
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What you need
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Transparency film
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Laser light
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Double slit experiment
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Normal vs spiralized light
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Spiralized light
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Conclusion
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