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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. Re:I'm lost... by DranoK · · Score: 1, Troll

    No, no it doesn't. Go back to physic class ya freak!

    DranoK

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