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Bringing hidden optical imperfections to light

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  • Phys.org · September 10, 2026 17:00
    Tiny manufacturing imperfections in optical components normally go unnoticed. Yet they can alter light in surprisingly significant ways. An international research team led by TU Darmstadt has shown that such imperfections can affect not only polarization—the direction in which light oscillates—but…