A standard shortcut, used since the 1970s, hides a magneto-optic effect in ordinary glass fiber

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For more than 50 years, engineers have described light in optical fiber using a convenient shortcut, one that works so well it is rarely questioned. Engineers at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in Johannesburg, South Africa, have now shown that this shortcut

For more than 50 years, engineers have described light in optical fiber using a convenient shortcut, one that works so well it is rarely questioned. Engineers at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in Johannesburg, South Africa, have now shown that this shortcut This story matters for Science & Discovery readers tracking inventors. Reported by phys.org. Read the full original at the source link below.

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