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Light Stopped, Held And Re-emitted By A Crystal

Posted by timothy on from the dark-crystal dept.

nherc writes: "An article in Nature talks about an incredible new crystal that can actual stop and hold light to be later emitted. It's mentioned light has previously been "slowed" by super cooled gases, but this certainly blows that away. They mention this could be a major step towards quantum computing."

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  1. Magical Crystal = Glow In The Dark Stuff? by citizenc · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Uerm.. correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't glow-in-the-dark stuff "stop and hold light to be later emitted"?

  2. Big deal... by Ethelred+Unraed · · Score: 1, Redundant

    So what? The Elves have been doing this for ages. Just ask Galadriel.

    O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!

    OK, so I've been reading LOTR too much again...

    Cheers,

    Ethelred

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    Everyone wants to be Ethelred. Even I want to be Ethelred.