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Researchers realized a magnet that can optically switch the polarization plane of light by 90 degrees. Nature Photonics asked Shin-ichi Ohkoshi how his group achieved this feat.
Black holes, gravitational lenses, turbulence, chaotic flow and rogue waves are just a few examples of complex physical phenomena that can be conveniently modelled using photonics.