What is the latest breakthrough in stopping light?

[MathJakob]

http://www.newscientist.com/article...for-a-recordbreaking-minute.html#.UfUBI21QSHN

How cool is that :D

 

[ZapperZ]

http://www.newscientist.com/article...for-a-recordbreaking-minute.html#.UfUBI21QSHN

How cool is that :D

Two things:

1. Lene Hau had accomplished this several years ago. What makes this one important is the duration and the fact that they are using a solid state medium, not an atomic gas.

1. This link gives you access to that ACTUAL paper

http://physics.aps.org/articles/v6/80

Zz.

 

[MathJakob]

Two things:

1. Lene Hau had accomplished this several years ago. What makes this one important is the duration and the fact that they are using a solid state medium, not an atomic gas.

1. This link gives you access to that ACTUAL paper

http://physics.aps.org/articles/v6/80

Zz.

Thanks.