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This is an animation of a Photonic Molecule. Light becomes trapped inside a tiny ring and then coupled into another without the two ever touching. The scene is evolved from Maxwell's equations using Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) on a dense Yee grid.

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Фото профиля Intrepid Sponge 𐇐𐇑𐇒𐇓𐇔𐇕𐇖𐇗𐇘𐇙𐇚

Intrepid Sponge 𐇐𐇑𐇒𐇓𐇔𐇕𐇖𐇗𐇘𐇙𐇚1 месяц назад

Yee Grid sounds dope

Фото профиля SF Norte Libertario. Todo decanta

SF Norte Libertario. Todo decanta1 месяц назад

What are the moving white points?

Фото профиля Mathelirium

Mathelirium1 месяц назад

I added those to show the direction of the Poyting vector S = E × H It tells us the direction in which electromagnetic energy is being trasported

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Bonnie K Gorman1 месяц назад

@mathelirium : I think I like you.

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Mathelirium1 месяц назад

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AHQ⁵1 месяц назад

@grok λ_self / λ_env ≥ R★ ?

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Ben Moore1 месяц назад

Outta this world - or at least my world!

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John Bind⛑️🪖🧢1 месяц назад

westworld theme. doh

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BiophotonicMessage1 месяц назад

@NgRubix What percentage makes it back to source?

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Ashley1 месяц назад

Life is literally art; and vice versa.

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ੈ𝐙αყ𝕫ʝα' {the𝕍ʊ°🛰️1 месяц назад

woww

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Chris1 месяц назад

@grok tell us more about how small the tiny ring would need to be ; and more about Difference Time Domain (FDTD) on a dense Yee grid.

Фото профиля Aaron Schoeffler

Aaron Schoeffler1 месяц назад

Well, we can’t really represent a molecule with classical electrodynamics, so this photonic one feels a bit disingenuous.

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Meridian Signal1 месяц назад

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Geezer1 месяц назад

@RedElixier @Shaun_Fosmark kinda

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Shai Machnes1 месяц назад

@grok what is a Yee grid?

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JD Redding1 месяц назад

Should run this on the Tesla valve, valvular conduit

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"I see Ford Circles"..... 🌬

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