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163 USC engineers just made light smarter with “optical thermodynamics”

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ScienceDaily · 10/10/2025 19:56 EDT

USC engineers have developed an optical system that routes light autonomously using thermodynamic principles. Rather than relying on switches, light organizes itself much like particles in a gas reaching equilibrium. The discovery could simplify and speed up optical communications and computing. It reimagines chaotic optical behavior as a tool for design rather than a limitation.

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