Physicists Explain Why Liquid Optical Fibers Don't Collapse

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One-millimeter-long liquid optical fiber induced and stabilized by the light pressure of a continuous Argon ion laser (a) and associated light-guiding observed from the scattering of the propagating beam (b). Image credit: J.P. Delville.
One-millimeter-long liquid optical fiber induced and stabilized by the light pressure of a continuous Argon ion laser (a) and associated light-guiding observed from the scattering of the propagating beam (b). Image credit: J.P. Delville.
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For several years, physicists have known that liquid columns can be used to guide light. By trapping a light beam, a liquid column can act like an optical fiber, but with a liquid sheathing instead of glass or plastic.


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