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Optical Coriolis force guides light along Trojan beams

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Trojan beams, which are optical counterparts of Trojan asteroids that maintain stable orbits alongside planets, have been successfully showcased in experiments, opening up possibilities for transporting light in unconventional settings.

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Fig. 1: Trojan beam in laboratory settings.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Tomáš Tyc

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  3. Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany

    Tomáš Čižmár

  4. Institute of Applied Optics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany

    Tomáš Čižmár

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Tyc, T., Čižmár, T. Optical Coriolis force guides light along Trojan beams. Nat. Phys. 20, 10–11 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02251-9

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