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Counterpropagating beams
In rubidium-87, counterpropagating beams (red) induce an instability generating new light along a cone (blue). The transverse optical pattern (red ring) can be observed on a creen perpendicular to the pump beams. (Image credit: Andrew Dawes, 2005)
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