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Nature Photonics 1, 92 - 93 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2006.91

Optical communications: Solitons go slow

Daniel J. Gauthier1

  1. Daniel J. Gauthier is at the Department of Physics and the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics and Communication Systems, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
    e-mail: gauthier@phy.duke.edu


A new method for slowing down light pulses while minimizing pulse distortion could help create practical photonic devices that route bits of information in optical-telecommunication systems.

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