1999 Nature paper on light slowed to 17 meters per second

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The 1999 Nature paper on light slowed to 17 meters per second is a landmark experimental physics study in which Lene Vestergaard Hau’s team used a Bose–Einstein condensate to dramatically reduce the speed of light in a medium, demonstrating unprecedented control over light propagation.

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instanceOf experimental physics study ⓘ
physics paper ⓘ
scientific paper ⓘ
authorAffiliation Harvard University ⓘ
Rowland Institute for Science ⓘ
citationType highly cited paper ⓘ
comparedTo speed of light in vacuum ⓘ
conductedAt Harvard University ⓘ
Rowland Institute for Science ⓘ
countryOfResearch United States ⓘ
demonstrated coherent control of light propagation ⓘ
dramatic reduction of light group velocity ⓘ
strong light–matter interaction in a Bose–Einstein condensate ⓘ
enabled prospects for optical information storage ⓘ
prospects for quantum information processing ⓘ
experimentalSystem ultracold sodium Bose–Einstein condensate ⓘ
field atomic physics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
quantum optics ⓘ
impactOn photonics ⓘ
quantum information science ⓘ
quantum optics ⓘ
involvedConcept coherent atomic states ⓘ
dispersion engineering ⓘ
group velocity ⓘ
leadAuthor Lene Vestergaard Hau ⓘ
mainSubject Bose–Einstein condensate ⓘ
electromagnetically induced transparency ⓘ
light propagation control ⓘ
slow light ⓘ
publicationYear 1999 ⓘ
publishedIn Nature ⓘ
reportedGroupVelocity 17 meters per second ⓘ
showed large reduction of group velocity without strong absorption ⓘ
steep dispersion near atomic resonance ⓘ
significance first demonstration of light slowed to bicycle speed ⓘ
landmark in slow light research ⓘ
speedOfLightInVacuumApprox 3×10^8 meters per second ⓘ
temperatureRegime near absolute zero ⓘ
usedControlField strong coupling laser ⓘ
usedMedium Bose–Einstein condensate of sodium atoms ⓘ
usedProbeField weak probe laser ⓘ
usedTechnique electromagnetically induced transparency ⓘ
ultracold atomic gas ⓘ

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