When glass and light spark
Photonique Vie du labo Parutions
Fiber drawing tower at the Laboratory of Physics of Lasers, Atoms and Molecules (PhLAM) in Lille. The preform, heated to high temperature, becomes elastic like chewing gum. It is stretched by a motor and wound around a spool as it is made. © Laurent and Juliette Bigot / PhLAM / CNRS - University of Lille