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Light speed reduction to 17 metres per second in an ultracold atomic gas

19993,877 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Lene Vestergaard Hau · Harvard University

S. E. Harris · Harvard University

Zachary Dutton · Harvard University Press

Cyrus H. Behroozi · Stanford University

Topics & Keywords

Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Quantum optics and atomic interactions Quantum Information and Cryptography

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 397, Issue 6720, pp. 594-598

DOI: 10.1038/17561

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 75.83

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