The researchers suggest that it should be possible to use their technique to modulate the orbital angular momentum of light in ways very similar to modulating frequencies in communications equipment. This could lead to the development of novel devices that make use of manipulating extremely tiny materials.
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I like to know about the possible applications.
“I’d like to know about the possible applications.”
In the video embedded in the article, they speculate that this superfast phenomena (femtoseconds), might be used to measure/study/develop new advanced materials and processes at the nano-scale, and smaller/faster.
So potentially a whole new class of scientific instruments, beyond the communications applications.