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Optics and photonics

Optics and photonics

Flashing droplets could shed light on atomic physics and quantum tunnelling

15 Mar 2023
Illustration of Mie resonances in a droplet
Atomic analogue: when a beam of light is shone into a water droplet, the light is trapped inside. (Courtesy: Javier Tello Marmolejo)
Light waves confined in an evaporating water droplet provide a useful model of the quantum behaviour

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