Quantum doughnuts slow and freeze light at will: 'fast computing & slow glass'
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 14:42
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research led by the University of Warwick has found a way to use doughnuts shaped by-products of quantum dots to slow and even freeze light, opening up a wide range of possibilities from reliable and effective light based computing to the possibility of "slow glass".