*Ø* Blogmanac | Light brought to a halt in scientific first
"(AP) -- Physicists say they have brought light to a complete halt for a fraction of a second and then sent it on its way, an achievement that could someday help scientists develop powerful new computers.
"The research differs from work published in 2001 that was hailed at the time as having brought light to standstill.
"In that work, light pulses were technically "stored" briefly when individual particles of light, or photons, were taken up by atoms in a gas.
"Harvard University researchers have now topped that feat by truly holding light and its energy in its tracks -- if only for a few hundred-thousandths of a second ..."
Source: CNbloodyN
"(AP) -- Physicists say they have brought light to a complete halt for a fraction of a second and then sent it on its way, an achievement that could someday help scientists develop powerful new computers.
"The research differs from work published in 2001 that was hailed at the time as having brought light to standstill.
"In that work, light pulses were technically "stored" briefly when individual particles of light, or photons, were taken up by atoms in a gas.
"Harvard University researchers have now topped that feat by truly holding light and its energy in its tracks -- if only for a few hundred-thousandths of a second ..."
Source: CNbloodyN
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