What are the origins of slow-light research and where is the field heading? Nature Photonics spoke to Robert Boyd to find out.
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Won, R. Slow light now and then. Nature Photon 2, 454–455 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.148
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.148