Slow-light techniques originally conceived for buffering high-speed digital optical signals now look set to play an important role in providing broadband phase and true time delays for microwave signals.
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Capmany, J., Gasulla, I. & Sales, S. Harnessing slow light. Nature Photon 5, 731–733 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.290
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