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Dynamic photon storage

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A scheme for dynamically tuning the coupling between a series of resonators and waveguides provides a means of storing light on an integrated photonic chip for longer than is possible with conventional slow-light systems.

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Figure 1: Capturing light by dynamic tuning.

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  1. Mehmet Fatih Yanik is in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. yanik@mit.edu,

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  2. Shanhui Fan is in the Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, Calofornia 94305, USA.,

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Yanik, M., Fan, S. Dynamic photon storage. Nature Phys 3, 372–374 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys630

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