The demonstration of coherent storage and retrieval of subnanosecond light pulses in an atomic vapour opens the door to optical quantum memories with gigahertz bandwidths.
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de Riedmatten, H. Light storage at record bandwidths. Nature Photon 4, 206–207 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.81
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