Scientists Slowed Light to 17 MPH — Then Stopped It Completely DR LENE HAU

PROF. LENE HAU

Can light actually be stopped? In 1999, physicists slowed a laser pulse down to just 17 meters per second inside a cloud of ultracold atoms — then in 2001, stopped it completely, mid-pulse, and handed it back intact. This video walks through the real, peer-reviewed physics behind slow light, Bose-Ei