# @optica.worldwide on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DFXecDEN4Y6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26279991-opticaworldwide-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/30eeda0416.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-01-28T11:00:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Optica (@optica.worldwide) — https://gondola.cc/optica.worldwide

## Caption

Image of Week: Scatterguiding

Light can propagate as a true waveguiding mode through diffusive materials, such as fog, tissue and resin (pictured). This is analogous to optical fibers, except the mechanism is diffusion using a contrast of scattering parameters to create localization. 

[2024 #OPNPhotoContest Third Place Tie]

—Kevin J. Mitchell, University of Glasgow, UK

*Link in Bio

#light #optics #waveguiding

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## Tags

opnphotocontest, optics, waveguiding, light

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