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Optical information processing in Bose–Einstein condensates

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Slow-light effects in ultracold atom clouds known as Bose–Einstein condensates offer rich opportunities for storing and processing optical signals.

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Figure 1: Light pulse (red) slowed in a 200-micrometre-long atom cloud cooled below one microkelvin (ref. 1).

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Figure 2: Slow-light profiles1.

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Figure 4: Two-gate conditional processing.

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Hau, L. Optical information processing in Bose–Einstein condensates. Nature Photon 2, 451–453 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.140

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