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 of America
surface form: 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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Lene Vestergaard Hau notableWork 1999 Nature paper on light slowed to 17 meters per second