Giant fluctuations of focused light reveal hidden correlations in opaque materials

Phys.org Sunday 04 October 2026, 12:00 UTC 1 min read

Key Points

When light travels through a strongly scattering material, such as biological tissue or other disordered opaque media, it follows many different paths and produces a seemingly random speckle pattern. Wavefront shaping makes it possible to control this complex interference and focus light through such materials.

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