Publication Date:
2009-12-08
Description:
It is now possible to exercise a high degree of control over the velocity at which light pulses pass through material media. This velocity, known as the group velocity, can be made to be very different from the speed of light in a vacuum c. Specifically, the group velocity of light can be made much smaller than c, greater than c, or even negative. We present a survey of methods for establishing extreme values of the group velocity, concentrating especially on methods that work in room-temperature solids. We also describe some applications of slow light.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Boyd, Robert W -- Gauthier, Daniel J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Nov 20;326(5956):1074-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1170885.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The Institute of Optics and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA. boyd@optics.rochester.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19965419" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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