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Potential applications of stopping light, a breakthrough technique first conducted by Lene Hau and her colleagues in 2001 (IEEE Spectrum)

Five years ago, teams of physicists at Harvard University caused quite a sensation when they demonstrated that light pulses could be drastically slowed down and even brought to a standstill, then reactivated at will and sent on their merry way. Commentators were quick to predict stunning new applications in communications and in optical and quantum computing.

Read the full article in IEEE Spectrum