In 1986, Ashkin showed that the first optical atom trap demonstrated at Bell Labs also worked on tiny
glass spheres embedded in water.
Typically, retroreflectors consist of tiny
glass spheres embedded in the surface of reflective paint or in small mirrors shaped like the inner corner of a cube.
BEND IT LIKE A BLACK HOLE A beam of light curves around
a glass sphere embedded in plastic.
Not exact matches
The film, made from transparent plastic
embedded with tiny
glass spheres, absorbs almost no visible light, yet pulls in heat from any surface it touches.
In 1968, she discovered
glass microbeads, the tiny prismatic
spheres often
embedded in roads or street signs for nighttime reflectivity.