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Nature Photonics 2, 715 - 716 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.238
Optical delays: Slower for longer
Richard M. De La Rue1
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Richard M. De La Rue is in the Optoelectronics Research Group, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Rankine Building, Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8LT, Scotland, UK.
e-mail: R.Delarue@elec.gla.ac.uk
Abstract
Coupled optical microresonators are one way of slowing down light. A new record has now been set for the length of these slow-light waveguides using an array of more than 100 photonic-crystal cavities.
