{"data":{"id":2002,"lang":"en","title":"NTU Singapore Scientists Create Optical Skyrmions From 200-Year-Old Light Phenomenon","summary":"NTU Singapore scientists used the 200-year-old Poisson spot diffraction effect to generate optical skyrmions with a simple laser-and-disc setup, a discovery that could simplify future data storage and computing research.","category":"science","category_label":"Science","published_at":"2026-07-14T02:02:17Z","updated_at":"2026-07-14T02:02:17Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/2002-ntu-singapore-scientists-create-optical-skyrmions-from-200-year-old-light","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2002?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2002.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://www.ntu.edu.sg/media/images/default-source/a.-(do-not-use-please-use-designated-library)/asst-prof-shen-yijie.jpg?sfvrsn=9b237ca_1","word_count":123,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.ntu.edu.sg/news/detail/ntu-singapore-scientists-create-optical-skyrmions-using-a-two-century-old-light-phenomenon","domain":"ntu.edu.sg"},{"url":"https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260713000755.htm","domain":"sciencedaily.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":2075,"title":"Vědci z NTU Singapore vytvořili optické skyrmiony pomocí 200 let starého světelného jevu","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/2075-vedci-z-ntu-singapore-vytvorili-opticke-skyrmiony-pomoci-200-let-stareho","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2075?lang=cs"},"content":"Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have found a simple way to create optical skyrmions — tiny, hedgehog-like swirling patterns in light — by shining a laser at a small circular disc to harness the 'Poisson spot,' a diffraction effect first predicted in 1818.\n\nLed by Assistant Professor Shen Yijie, the team showed the setup generates up to four related topological light patterns at once, including spin, Stokes, electric-field, and magnetic-field skyrmions, without relying on the costly engineered metamaterials that have typically confined this kind of research to specialized labs.\n\nSkyrmions are considered a leading candidate for next-generation data storage, communications, and computing because their stable, swirling structure can encode information more densely and resist noise. The findings were published in the journal Optica."}}