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Nature 451, 27 (3 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/451027a; Published online 2 January 2008

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Optics: Watch your back

Kosmas L. Tsakmakidis1 & Ortwin Hess1

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A proposal for transporting photons invisibly between two unconnected points in space seems worthy of a Star Trek plot. But it is in principle wholly realizable, and could open up new vistas — literally.

Imagine walking down a footpath, staring unconcernedly at the clear track in front of you. Suddenly, you stumble over an object.

  1. Kosmas L. Tsakmakidis and Ortwin Hess are at the Advanced Technology Institute and the Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
    Email: o.hess@surrey.ac.uk

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