Tag: Rubidium

  • Quantum Researchers Able to Stop and Restart Light

    Quantum Researchers Able to Stop and Restart Light

    In two independent experiments that defy the notions of Einstein, researchers have been able to stop, then restart a beam of light. Ordinarily, light travels at the speed of 186,282 miles per second, but the research team of Lene Hau, a professor of physics at Harvard, who in 1999 was able to slow light down to…